FNK Radio attracts North Korean Internet audience
Free North Korea Radio, one of the handful of independent broadcasters targeting North Korea, attracted a direct connection to its website from inside the DPRK on Wednesday morning. The site…
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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…
Dot-KP domain names are back
North Korea’s Dot-KP domain name system returned to the Internet in the last few days. (See the bottom of this post for updates.) Offline for months, the service has resumed…
Uriminzokkiri Twitter reportedly hacked
The Twitter account of Uriminzokkiri, the China-based web site with close ties to Pyongyang, has apparently been compromised. (See the bottom of this post for updates.) Four messages posted on…
KP domains could be back online soon
North Korea’s dot-kp domain space could be back on the Internet soon. Domain name servers responsible for dot-kp have been offline for several months as have a handful of websites…
KCNA launches video news
The Korean Central News Agency carried video news for the first time on its new home page on Jan. 1, 2011. Two video clips were posted as part of the…
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…
Directory of North Korean Websites
Over the last few years I’ve collected a lot of bookmarks for websites that are either related to the DPRK in one way or another. There doesn’t seem to be…
A closer look at the e-learning system
The North Korean media have made some noise in the past few months about a new distance-education system. There have been several reports on KCNA about the system and in…
