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Bananas and foreign travel: What it means to be a computer hacker in North Korea.

Bananas and foreign travel: What it means to be a computer hacker in North Korea.

In North Korea鈥檚 spy agency, operatives aren鈥檛 just trained to gather intel. They also hack banks. We hear from a couple of North defectors about what it鈥檚 actually like to be a government hacker.

Also on the programme: we meet a robot assistant breaking down gender stereotypes; we get to the bottom of a robocall scam; we check our own voicemail box for messages from our listeners; and we visit a restaurant where the chefs are robots.

(Image: North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un waves from a car on April 27, 2018. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Mon 4 Jun 2018 05:32GMT

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  • Sat 2 Jun 2018 04:32GMT
  • Sat 2 Jun 2018 21:32GMT
  • Sun 3 Jun 2018 04:32GMT
  • Sun 3 Jun 2018 10:32GMT
  • Mon 4 Jun 2018 05:32GMT

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