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UN Special Rapporteur calls for freedoms in DPRK
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the DPRK has called for increased freedom of information and access to independent media for the people of North Korea. The calls came in a 76-point report submitted on Feb. 21, 2011, to the UN’s Human Rights Council. The rapporteur, Marzuki Darusman, met with defectors, politicians and others in…
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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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South Korea steps up blocking of DPRK sites
South Korea has begun blocking Naenara and several of its sub-sites. The move comes days after the site reactivated its dot-kp North Korean domain name and plugs a long-standing hole in South Korea’s cyber wall against North Korean online propaganda. The blocking, first reported by Yonhap, results in South Korean Internet users being redirected to…
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South seeks block on DPRK Internet propaganda
South Korea’s government is planning to further restrict its citizens from accessing, discussing or forwarding North Korean propaganda activity on social-networking services, such as Twitter. The plans were outlined in the Justice Ministry’s plan for 2011, which was presented on Tuesday, although lacked specifics. The South already blocks about 30 pro-North Korean websites although never…
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South Korea now blocking new KCNA site
South Korea has begun blocking domestic access to the recently launched KCNA website that operates from North Korea’s IP space. Internet users trying to access the site now get redirected to the National Police Agency’s static warning page. The move isn’t a surprise. The writing was on the wall for the website as soon as…
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The Internet unshackled … for now
[Updated: North Korea opens up Internet for national anniversary, Computerworld] There are amazing reports coming out of Pyongyang tonight on Twitter! That’s right, tweets from the heart of one of the most insular countries in the world. Foreign correspondents have been sending out tweets thanks to a press room set up at the Koryo Hotel.…
