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“Mass intimidation” from DPRK media on Jang’s execution
North Korean state media’s coverage of the arrest, trial and subsequent execution of Jang Song Thaek was “tantamount to mass intimidation,” Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday. “Although only to be expected from one of the world’s worst dictatorships, such manipulation of news and information is disturbing,” the Paris-based group said in a statement. “The extensive…
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AP’s Guttenfelder named Time’s top Instagram photographer
Time Magazine has named David Guttenfelder its top Instagram photographer of the year for his on-going series of photos that chronicle life in North Korea. Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press, has made numerous journeys to the DPRK over the past several years and began directly chronicling the country through Instagram earlier this…
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WRN ending Voice of Korea on-demand audio
High-quality audio streams from the Voice of Korea, North Korea’s international broadcaster, will soon be gone from the web. The recordings, which are available in five languages, have been offered by London-based World Radio Network since July this year, but the company is shutting down its on-demand service on December 15. The move is part of an effort by…
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DPRK joins maritime satellite organization
North Korea recently joined an international organization that overseas safety and security satellite communications services for mariners. The country became the 98th nation to join the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO) when it acceded on October 15, according to a statement from the organization. The IMSO is charged with overseeing public safety and security services…
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KCNA web traffic uncovered
A Washington, D.C.-based journalist and blogger has managed to obtain details on web traffic to the Korean Central News Agency’s website thanks to poor security on a previous version of the site. Writing on his blog, Dino Beslagic said he was able to access the site traffic data through a hidden interface page on the…
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KCNA adds higher resolution images
Regular visitors to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) might have noticed something different about the site in the last few days. The North Korean state-run news agency has begun publishing higher resolution photographers alongside articles. The change was first noted by Frank Feinstein, the New Zealand-based researcher who runs the KCNA Watch service. The…
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KCNA Watch attracts bans in North and South Korea
KCNA Watch, a website that collects articles, pictures and video from the Korean Central News Agency, isn’t making friends on either side of the Korean border. A communications regulator in South Korea has blocked access to the service while the North Korean government has restricted access to its services from New Zealand, apparently due to…
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South Korea’s Internet only “partly free,” says Freedom House
Despite living in one of the most wired societies in the world, South Korean Internet users enjoy a “partly free” Internet due to government censorship of content, according to the results of a global survey on Internet freedom. Censorship of content, which includes many websites that carry North Korean content, has shot up in recent…
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South suspects North Korean hackers hit on June 25
The South Korean government says it suspects hackers in North Korea were behind a series of cyber attacks last month. The attacks took place on June 25, the anniversary of the beginning of the Korean war, and continued for several days. When they began, several South Korean government and private-run websites were defaced or taken…
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“DarkSeoul” behind some South Korean hacks, says Symantec
A hacking group called “DarkSeoul” was behind some of this week’s attacks on South Korean websites, according to researchers at computer security company Symantec. The company says the group was responsible for denial of service attacks on South Korean government websites and can be directly linked to similar actions in the past. “We can now…
