North Korea bans phones for children under 14

North Korea bans phones for children under 14

North Korea’s South Pyongan province issued a sweeping ban on mobile phone possession by children under 14 in June 2026, threatening parents and teachers with party discipline and administrative punishment if violations are discovered. A source in South Pyongan province told Daily NK that the provincial party committee convened an emergency meeting on the morning of June 19 to relay a directive imposing a total ban on mobile phone possession by …