<div dir="ltr"><header class="entry-header" style="margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1.57143rem;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.2;font-weight:normal">North Korea activates numbers station?</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429"><p style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429"><a href="http://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SWLingPost-Spy-Numbers-Station.jpg" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-10796" src="http://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SWLingPost-Spy-Numbers-Station.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="312" style="margin: 0.857143rem auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 3px; clear: both;"></a></p><p style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">Many thanks to a number of <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline">SWLing Post</em> contributors who’ve shared this particular item from <a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/north-korea-broadcasts-really-strange-messages-new-nuclear-20183" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)">The National Interest</a>:</p><blockquote style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:1.71429rem;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;quotes:none;font-style:italic"><h3 style="margin:1.71429rem 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:1.14286rem;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both;line-height:1.84615">North Korea Broadcasts Really Strange Messages As New Nuclear Weapons Test Looms</h3><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">Pyongyang is reportedly broadcasting encrypted messages reminiscent of those used to contact spies during the Cold War.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">[…]As North Korea prepares to mark a key anniversary — the birthday of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung — a U.S. Navy <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/09/u-s-carrier-strike-group-sails-toward-korea-in-show-of-force/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)">carrier strike group</a> led by the USS Carl Vinson is on its way to Korea.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">[…]<a href="http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/04/14/0200000000AEN20170414002900315.html" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)">Radio Pyongyang</a> began broadcasting peculiar messages at 1:15 a.m. (local time). The messages included numbers and pages, such as No. 69 on page 823, No. 92 on page 467, and No. 100 on page 957.“I’m giving review works in elementary information technology lessons of the remote education university for No. 27 expedition agents,” the broadcaster explained before repeating her message.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">The messages are broadcast over shortwave radio.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">Yonhap News Agency reports the numbers are different from past announcements. Since June of last year, Pyongyang has broadcast its messages 32 times.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429;text-align:center"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/north-korea-broadcasts-really-strange-messages-new-nuclear-20183" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none;color:rgb(159,159,159)">Continue reading the full article on The National Interest website…</a></strong></p></blockquote><p style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429">Update: Since I haven’t gotten any direct listener reports regarding this numbers station’s reactivation, I’ve added a question mark in the title. Please comment if you’ve logged this station (and we’d all love a recording!).</p>North Korean Numbers Station V15 &#39;Radio Pyongyang&#39; 6400kHz<br><a href="https://youtu.be/Owsy4JwsSoQ">https://youtu.be/Owsy4JwsSoQ</a><p style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:&quot;open sans&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px 0px 1.71429rem;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:1.71429"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;youtube noto&quot;,roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></p></div></div>