"On page 459, 5 stuffed crust with extra cheese and double pepperoni, double sausage, banana pepper, on page 913, 64 BBQ wings, on page 135, 24 apple pie, on page 257, 6 2-litre diet coke…"
Posted on 07/21/2016 7:33:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A North Korean short wave radio station abruptly returned to the airwaves last Friday after a sixteen year absence. The mysterious broadcast has South Korean intelligence agents scrambling to figure out what its message means-and whom the message was intended for.
The transmission, which began at approximately 12:45 on Friday, was made by an unnamed female announcer and began with, "From now on, I will give review work for the subject of mathematics under the curriculum of a remote education university for exploration agents of the 27th bureau."
The announcer went on to say, "On page 459, question number 35, on page 913, question number 55, on page 135, question number 86, on page 257, question number 2…"
The string of phrases and numbers continued for another twelve minutes.
North Korea has long used so-called numbers stations-shortwave radio stations that broadcast coded messages to communicate with agents abroad. The messages typically consist of a string of numbers or phrases, nonsensical to anyone but the intended recipient. Spy agencies around the world have used numbers stations for decades, but the advent of the internet has generally made the system obsolete. North Korea ceased transmitting the messages in 2000.
That's why the reactivation of North Korea's system is so puzzling. There are literally a billion places to hide a secret message in plain sight on the internet-everywhere from want ads on Craigslist to messages in ancient forums. "Number stations" are also less than ideal because the mere act of transmitting tells the entire world that you're up to something.
The message obviously means something, but what? Pyongyang recently called for terrorist-style attacks against South Korean targets, including subways, shopping malls, and ( ... ???)
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Reminds me of the coded messages sent by BBC to French underground in WWII.
Vector Victor!
“Come in number ninety-three, your time is up.”
Larry:
Looks like I got crosswise with the mods and can’t send individual mail-posts for a while. Meh, I’ll just use you post here. Hopefully they will let it through.
Have you had any contact recently from cripplecreek? I haven’t seen hide-nor-hare of him in a while after he told me he would be away for sometime.
You can’t trace a radio broadcst
John has a long mustache
No, I haven’t heard anything. I got the impression he took a break from the infighting and I’m hoping he’ll come back before the general election.
Depends on the definition of long. And mustache. And has.
Bingo numbers.
That's only true if one has access to the internet.......I would wager that over half the Nork population has never heard of the internet let alone have access to a computer...I
And you can bet that none of the population have ever received a TV broadcast from outside the country........
That person must be REALLY pissed off, that was LAST week's lottery numbers........
If you get any info on him, let me know too......I miss him. I hope he's not ill...
I knew a lot of 05D’s who wouldn’t agree.
Yep.
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