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Pyongyang Spring Int’l Trade Fair 2011
This year’s Spring International Trade Fair is taking place in Pyongyang this week. As usual, the fair serves as a showcase for domestic products and technology and a place for foreign companies to display their goods and make domestic contacts. This week’s fair has drawn companies from China, Germany, Malaysia, Mongolia, Syria, Switzerland, Singapore, the…
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PUST adds 100 students
The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology enrolled an additional 100 students at the start of the current academic semester, according to a foundation that supports the school. The first classes at PUST began in October 2010 with 160 students enrolled, said reports at the time. The latest intake will take the student body to…
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DPRK denies cyber attack on Nonghyup Bank
The DPRK has made its first comment on allegations that it was behind a cyber attack on a large South Korean bank and, not surprisingly, has denied any involvement. Last week South Korean prosecutors said they had found evidence that North Korea was behind the April attack, which brought chaos to the computer system and…
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North last, South falling in press freedom
North Korea remains the country with the least press freedom in the world, according to the 2011 Press Freedom index from Washington, D.C., based Freedom House. The news isn’t a surprise to anyone that follows North Korea closely. There is a complete lack of independent media, official media is highly censored, and the government actively…
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Dot KP domain assigned to Star
Control of North Korea’s dot-KP Internet top-level domain has been assigned to Star JV, the North Korean-Thai joint venture that’s behind the recent wiring of Pyongyang to the global Internet. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which administers country code domains, updated its database on Monday, May 2, to assign the KP domain to “Star…
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Software engineer could have spied for North
South Korean authorities are investigating whether a software engineer with links to North Korea stole government data and passed it to the country, according to several reports from Seoul. The reports say the man allegedly stole information between 2005 and 2010 while working for a computer company tasked with developing software and systems for the…
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North Korea behind Internet attacks, says South
South Korea’s National Police Agency says North Korea was behind cyber attacks that targeted 30 major websites between March 3 and 5, according to local news reports. Websites such as the presidential office and Financial Services Commission were brought down by the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. A DDoS attack involves flooding a server…
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Report: DPRK again jams GPS signals
North Korea attempted to jam GPS (global positioning system) satellite navigation signals in South Korea on Friday afternoon, according to a Yonhap News report that cited an unnamed South Korean defense official. Jamming is the act of broadcasting a signal on the same channel as the intended target service so as to confuse or interfere…
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KCNA reporting Chinese Internet filtering
North Korea’s official news agency, KCNA, has reported three times in the past week on China’s filtering of the Internet. The reports come at an interesting time for free-speech online. Internet-based social networks and communications systems are being hailed as instrumental in protests that have toppled two Middle Eastern leaders and the U.S. has confirmed…
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Website appears for LRIT maritime system
North Korea appears to have taken the first steps towards putting a data center online for the maritime Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system. The LRIT system was created by the International Maritime Organization in May 2006 and requires passenger and cargo ships automatically report their identity and location at least four times a…
