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North Koreans gaining more access to foreign media, says report
Cracks in the information wall that has long surrounded North Korea are increasingly allowing citizens in the country more exposure to foreign media, according to a report published on Thursday. The report, produced by Intermedia for the U.S. Department of State, was based on surveys of several hundred defectors, refugees and travelers, and found “substantial…
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DPRK jamming GPS signals, says Seoul
Interference is causing problems with Global Positioning System (GPS) signals around Seoul and the South Korean government says North Korea is to blame. GPS signals became unreliable on April 30 and more than 250 commercial aircraft has to rely on other navigation methods, according to several local media reports. A spokesman for the Korea Communications Commission…
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DPRK issues new threat against Lee, SK media
North Korea came out swinging on Monday against the South Korean government, promising to “burn down” Lee Myung Bak and the country’s conservative media “within three to four minutes, or shorter than that, by unprecedented means.” The threats, which are stronger than the normal anti-Lee rhetoric that comes from the country’s media each day, followed a speech…
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DPRK again named “Enemy of Internet”
North Korea remains high on the list of enemies of the Internet, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said Monday in an annual report on Internet censorship. The country was listed alongside Bahrain, Belarus Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam as a home to the world’s most repressive online regimes. The news…
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South Korea’s National Security Law making headlines
South Korea’s attempts to keep North Korean material from the eyes and ears of its citizens is coming under the global media spotlight as the country launches a new sweep of domestic web sites and discussion forums. Led by U.S. National Public Radio, the country’s arrests of citizens for the seemingly benign posting of North…
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KCTV live stream down, more on SPTV
The live stream of North Korea’s KCTV, reported here last week, is currently down. Seoul-based Unification Broadcasting apparently took it offline after a flood of traffic prompted by a South Korean media report on the service. That report was triggered by the posting here. The stream has apparently been available for sometime but the address…
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North Korean TV currently live streaming
North Korea’s main television propaganda mouthpiece is currently available over the Internet. The live stream of Korean Central Television appears to be originate from a South Korean web site — something that puts the site operator in potential violation of South Korea’s National Security Law. Korean Central Television broadcasts nationwide to North Korea and is relayed…
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Around 40 questioned over “pro-NK” Internet postings
Authorities in South Korea are questioning around 40 people over Internet postings said to be in support of North Korea, according to several local news reports. (Update: The Dong-a-Ilbo reports around 70 are under criminal probe on suspicion of circulating materials praising North Korea online in violation of the National Security Law.) The material was posted…
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Seoul eyes harsher crackdown on “pro-NK” websites
South Korean prosecutors are launching a crackdown on websites and users judged to be posting “pro-North Korean” material, according to several local press reports. The action comes as regulators judge the amount of such material available to South Korean citizens has “mushroomed to a risky level,” according to prosecutors quoted by Yonhap News said. North Korea’s…
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South Korea’s online blocking sharply rose in 2010
The number of requests by South Korean police for the deletion of Internet content alleged to be pro-North Korean has soared in the past two years, according to a report in the Dong-A Ilbo. Police submitted 80,449 requests to the Korea Communications Standards Commission for the removal of online postings in 2010. That compares to…
