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North Korean TV YouTube channel terminated
YouTube has shut down one of the most popular Internet sources for clips from North Korean TV. The KoreanCentralTV1 channel was shuttered on Monday and visitors are now greeted with a message that reads “This account has been terminated for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.” The channel uploaded multiple videos each day, including clips from the evening…
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North Korea’s DNS files reveal few Internet websites
The world of the Internet in North Korea has always been opaque. The country maintains a handful of websites on the global Internet but doesn’t do a very good job of promoting them, leaving new ones to be discovered by chance. But on Tuesday, a list of all current North Korean domain names was laid open to…
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‘North Korean social network’ appears
A Facebook-like social network has appeared on a North Korean web server, apparently installed by the state-run Internet service provider.
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Lawsuit planned over South Korea’s blocking of North Korea Tech website
I am working with the Korea Internet Transparency Reporting Project and Open Net Korea to file a lawsuit against the KCSC to overturn the blocking.
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South Korea confirms censorship of North Korea Tech
North Korea Tech lost its appeal to the Korea Communications Standards Commission over the recent blocking of this website in South Korea.
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DPRK again second-to-last in press freedom ranking
The DPRK has again been ranked the second worst country in the world for press freedom. In a report that brings no surprises, Reporters Without Borders placed North Korea 179th in the world — better only than Eritrea. North Korea has consistently been at the bottom of the group’s annual press freedom ranking since it began…
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North Korea’s Internet connection keeps going down
North Korea’s sole link with the global Internet has been interrupted at roughly the same time on the last three successive nights.
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DPRK suffers first major Internet outage of 2016
North Korea suffered its first multi-hour Internet outage of the year today when all connectivity with the country was lost for three hours.
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North Korea Tech allegedly violated South Korea’s national security law
Access to North Korea Tech was blocked in South Korea because the site allegedly violates the country’s National Security Law, according to the AP.
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North Korea blocks Twitter, South Korea blocks me
The governments of North and South Korea both moved this week to tighten control on access to the Internet with blocks on major sites and North Korea Tech.
