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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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North Korean hackers probe South, say reports
Two South Korean media outlets, KBS and the Chosun Ilbo, are reporting the government says it has traced “hackers” back to a server operating in North Korea. KBS says: A government official says North Korea has attempted to hack information on South Korea’s water supply and drainage systems. The Chosun Ilbo provides a little more…
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Pyongyang Int’l Trade Fair
The 6th Pyongyang International Trade Fair kicked off on Oct. 18 and was covered by KCNA and Korea Central Television. The event is being held at the Three Revolution Exhibition in Pyongyang and has attracted exhibitors from 17 countries. On show are “machine tools, electric and electronic equipment, vehicles, medicines, daily necessities and foodstuffs,” reported…
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KCTV moving on Thaicom-5
Korean Central Television (KCTV) is moving transponders on the Thaicom-5 satellite at the end of this month. Anyone receiving the channel via satellite will have to retune to continue watching. It’s moving from the current transponder 3G at 3504MHz H to transponder 7G at 3695MHz H. KCTV has been on its current transponder since at…
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6th Pyongyang Autumn Int’l Trade Fair Opens
Pyongyang, October 18 (KCNA) — The 6th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair was opened with due ceremony at the Three-Revolution Exhibition on Monday. Displayed there are machine tools, electric and electronic equipment, vehicles, medicines, daily necessities, foodstuff, etc produced by companies of the DPRK, China, Germany, Russia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Syria, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia, Austria, Italy,…
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North Korea Appears Capable of Jamming GPS Receivers
The Voice of America has an interesting story on the jamming of GPS signals along the border region. The jamming signals are apparently from North Korea and rendered GPS systems in the region unusable. This week, the South Korea Communications Commission informed lawmakers that between August 23 and 25, signals emanating from near the North…
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Online Lecture Begins
Pyongyang, October 12 (KCNA) — The Grand People’s Study House in Pyongyang has begun an online-lecture service. Full Story: KCNA
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The new face of KCNA
North Korea appears to have made its first full connection to the Internet and the first site online? A new home for KCNA. The site appeared as part of a routine scan I’ve been doing of Internet addresses issued to Star, the Thai-North Korean joint venture that I wrote about in a Computerworld story [North…
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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.…
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High-tech revolution yet to hit North Korea
PYONGYANG (AFP) – Stressed out by email overload and non-stop mobile calls? You might consider a vacation in North Korea, where your cell phone is seized at the airport and Internet is unavailable. Full story: AFP News
