That NKnews site is also American. I thought that something like this would be easy to verify, so I have tried to find a bit more information, and according to this site:
While the text of the law was not made public outside of the North, anecdotal reports since indicate that this has prompted a widespread crackdown on foreign content and influence in the country.
Oddly enough, I can’t find much info on that law, there isn’t even a Wikipedia article for it or anything
That NKnews site is also American. I thought that something like this would be easy to verify, so I have tried to find a bit more information, and according to this site:
https://www.38north.org/2021/11/north-korea-intensifies-war-against-foreign-influence/
So, perhaps it is not as simple.
Yeah NKNews links back to RFA in a lot of cases, and they often just blatantly make shit up on their own w/ “unspecified sources”