{"id":2446926,"date":"2025-06-13T09:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phones-smuggled-out-of-north-korea-may-be-exactly-whats-in-our-future\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T13:28:00","slug":"phones-smuggled-out-of-north-korea-may-be-exactly-whats-in-our-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phones-smuggled-out-of-north-korea-may-be-exactly-whats-in-our-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Phones Smuggled Out of North Korea May Be Exactly What\u2019s in Our Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphones-smuggled-out-of-north-korea-may-be-exactly-whats-in-our-future%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the alarming surveillance capabilities of North Korean smartphones, which have been designed to monitor and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >censor language deemed inappropriate<\/a> by the government. These devices can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-strips-ad-revenue-from-channel-for-video-on-disappeared-chinese-tennis-star\/\" title=\"YouTube Strips Ad Revenue From Channel for Video on Disappeared Chinese Tennis Star\">automatically flag<\/a> and alter South Korean slang,replacing affectionate terms with official state-approved language,and erase references to South Korea from text. Smuggled out of North Korea, one such smartphone reportedly takes screenshots every five minutes without the owner&#8217;s knowledge, allowing authorities to keep tabs on user behavior. The report highlights the broader implications of digital surveillance, drawing connections to increasing monitoring and control in democratic societies, albeit in less overt forms. It raises concerns about how surveillance technologies developed in authoritarian regimes could inspire similar tactics in more democratic contexts, suggesting a worrying trend in the potential erosion of personal freedoms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We often wonder what surveillance tactics our digital overlords and their friends in law enforcement might have in store for us one day &mdash; if they get their way.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking broadly, the surveillance tactics of nosy democracies flow downstream from authoritarian states. Sure, the United States or the United Kingdom, say, don&rsquo;t have something like China&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">social credit system<\/a>, <em>yet<\/em>, and something exactly like it would be met with immediate resistance by the people of either country.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, when the U.K. rounded up people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uk-police-commish-threatens-come-even-us-citizens-like-elon-musk-exercising-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who posted stuff on social media<\/a> in the wake of the Southport stabbings and unrest last year, there was a shrug on both sides of the Atlantic even though it should have been a major story &mdash; especially when you consider these were the tactics that the CCP was using against its own people 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s in that unsettling spirit that we bring you what a North Korean smartphone looks like &mdash; and can do to a user&rsquo;s un-comradely activities if they decide to act in a way that Kim Jong Un would find distasteful.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/news\/2025-06-04\/national\/northKorea\/Oppa-Pyongyang-style-Smartphones-in-North-swap-out-slang-from-South-in-messages\/2322637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Korea JoongAng Daily<\/a> from earlier this month, a phone smuggled out of North Korea shows advanced surveillance capabilities &mdash; including the ability to warn you if you were using slang usually found in South Korean lingo and TV shows.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If [K-drama] &lsquo;Crash Landing on You&rsquo; (2019-20) had played out on a North Korean smartphone, Yoon Se-ri wouldn&rsquo;t be calling Ri Jeong-hyeok <em>jagiya<\/em>, an affectionate word used to call romantic partners. Instead, she&rsquo;d get a warning,&rdquo; the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;North Korea is blocking people from using South Korean-style slang and terms of endearment, using surveillance-loaded smartphones that automatically censor popular phrases from K-dramas and everyday South Korean speech,&rdquo; it noted.<\/p>\n<p>The results are quite terrifying:<\/p>\n<p><em>  For example, oppa is changed to dongji, meaning &ldquo;comrade,&rdquo; and a warning message explains that the term is only appropriate for referring to an older brother. When users enter &ldquo;South Korea,&rdquo; the device automatically replaces it with &ldquo;puppet state.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <em>&nbsp; <\/em><br \/> <em>The phone also takes automatic screenshots every five minutes without the user&rsquo;s knowledge. Only authorities can access the captured images, leaving the phone&rsquo;s owner unaware of the monitoring.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The phone was initially smuggled out of North Korea last year by the BBC, which reported on it in late May &mdash; and it looks just like any other Android phone except for the waving North Korean flag as wallpaper, which you usually don&rsquo;t see in the background of many phones at American malls.<\/p>\n<p>The report revealed that the phone was part of an effort to tamp down on the smuggling of South Korean-produced K-dramas and pop culture into the country.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the BBC reported, the country now has &ldquo;youth crackdown squads,&rdquo; as well as these phones, which will correct you if you type in a blocked word.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the phones don&rsquo;t have access to the internet &mdash; North Korea is one of the few nations that doesn&rsquo;t have access to the world-wide web, although it has its own constellation of domestic websites (that can, apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/not-heroes-wear-capes-pajama-clad-american-shuts-internet-nuclear-armed-hostile-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">be very easily taken offline<\/a>) &mdash; but Big Brother does have access to&nbsp;<em>you<\/em> through the device.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: The BBC has obtained a phone that was smuggled out of North Korea that edits words North Koreans aren&rsquo;t supposed to use.<\/p>\n<p>Wild.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea has now adopted smartphones to indoctrinate its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>If a user tries typing a blocked word, the phone will edit it to a word&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/InvnIBZPsf\">pic.twitter.com\/InvnIBZPsf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1928847124181213495?\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Smartphones are now part and parcel of the way North Korea tries to indoctrinate people,&rdquo; said Martyn Williams of the Washington, D.C.-based Stimson Center who&rsquo;s an expert in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-youtuber-poses-athlete-infiltrate-indoctrinated-hermit-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pyongyang&rsquo;s<\/a> tech and information infrastructure, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/01\/world-news\/smuggled-north-korean-smartphone-shows-insane-things-kim-jong-un-is-doing-to-control-his-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s worse, he said, North Korea is &ldquo;starting to gain the upper hand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reason for this control is that so much of the mythology around the Kim family is made up. A lot of what they tell people is lies,&rdquo; Williams explained.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, well, you don&rsquo;t say. The point is that the United States, South Korea, and their allies have tried to both beam radio and TV broadcasts into the country, in addition to USB sticks and micro-SD cards filled with the K-dramas smuggled into the country with produce.<\/p>\n<p>A dissident named Kang Gyuri, 24 years old, said these shows were responsible for her leaving North Korea by boat in 2023 for South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I felt so suffocated, and I suddenly had an urge to leave,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I used to think it was normal that the state restricted us so much. I thought other countries lived with this control. But then I realized it was only in North Korea.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In North Korea, this sort of thing is taken for granted, so much is it a part of everyday life. In the rest of the world, meanwhile, such steps would need to be implemented with more deftness &mdash; but the phone is proof, in case you needed it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-follow-chinas-lead-social-credit-score-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that such control is possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Say lawmakers decide that they want to make sure you&rsquo;re working out enough. Do you perhaps get nudges through your phone to exercise more? Maybe encourage &mdash; not <em>force<\/em>, naturally; lawmakers would&nbsp;<em>never<\/em> do that &mdash; but just really politely but firmly&nbsp;<em>encourage<\/em> Apple and Google to put them in there, for our health&rsquo;s sake.<\/p>\n<p>Is it so farfetched? Remember, when hard totalitarianisms manage to achieve some censorship or surveillance breakthrough in the tech sphere, it isn&rsquo;t a question of if but when soft paternalisms attempt to integrate their methods in something less pernicious. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nsa-phone-surveillance-skyrockets-to-alarming-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isn&rsquo;t tinfoil-hat thinking<\/a>, nor is it rocket science; it&rsquo;s just a matter of time and scope.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Generally speaking, the surveillance strategies employed by intrusive democracies often originate from authoritarian regimes. While countries like the United States and the United Kingdom do not possess a system akin to China&#8217;s social credit framework-at least not yet-any attempt to introduce something similar would likely face immediate backlash from citizens in both nations. However, when authorities in the U.K. detained individuals for social media posts following last year&#8217;s Southport stabbings and unrest, there was a notable lack of concern on both sides of the Atlantic, despite it being a significant issue-especially considering these were tactics used by the Chinese Communist Party against its own citizens two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>In this unsettling context, we present an example of what a North Korean smartphone looks like and how it can monitor users&#8217; activities deemed inappropriate by Kim Jong Un&#8217;s regime. A recent report from Korea JoongAng Daily revealed that a phone smuggled out of North Korea possesses advanced surveillance features-including alerts for using slang typically associated with South Korean culture or television shows.<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that if characters from K-dramas were to use affectionate terms like &#8220;jagiya,&#8221; they would receive warnings instead; North Korea actively censors popular phrases from South Korean media through these smartphones. For instance, &#8220;oppa&#8221; is replaced with &#8220;dongji,&#8221; meaning &#8220;comrade,&#8221; along with explanations about its proper usage as referring only to an older brother. Additionally, typing &#8220;South Korea&#8221; triggers an automatic substitution with &#8220;puppet state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, these devices take screenshots every five minutes without user consent; only authorities can access these images while users remain oblivious to this monitoring process. The BBC initially smuggled this phone out last year and reported on it in late May-it resembles any standard Android device except for its wallpaper featuring the North Korean flag.<\/p>\n<p>This phone is part of efforts to curb smuggling related to South Korean entertainment into North Korea; there are now dedicated squads targeting youth who consume such content alongside these censoring phones that correct blocked words as they&#8217;re typed.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that internet access is severely restricted in North Korea-the country lacks global internet connectivity but maintains its own limited domestic websites (which can be easily taken offline). Nevertheless, Big Brother has access through these devices.<\/p>\n<p>Martyn Williams from Washington D.C.&#8217;s Stimson Center remarked on how smartphones have become integral tools for indoctrination within North Korea&#8217;s society while expressing concern over how effectively control measures are being implemented: &#8220;The reason for this control is that so much of the mythology around the Kim family is made up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>While efforts have been made by external entities like South Korea and allies to broadcast information into North Korea via radio or USB drives filled with K-dramas-which some defectors credit as motivation for leaving-the pervasive nature of such controls remains alarming.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to life outside North Korea where such measures would require more subtlety due to public scrutiny, evidence suggests similar forms of control could emerge elsewhere under different guises if left unchecked-raising questions about potential future interventions aimed at promoting health or behavior modification through technology without overt coercion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2446927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cell-Phone.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3899,32109,26750,14287,11458],"class_list":["post-2446926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-future","tag-north-korea","tag-smartphones","tag-smuggling","tag-technology"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cell-Phone.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446926"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446930,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446926\/revisions\/2446930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}