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North Korea Tech » Human Rights Foundation https://www.northkoreatech.org Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 “Hack North Korea” focuses Silicon Valley on information flow https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/05/hack-north-korea-focuses-silicon-valley-on-information-flow/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/05/hack-north-korea-focuses-silicon-valley-on-information-flow/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:35:41 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6402

A hackathon that aimed to find new ways to get information in, out and around North Korea took place over the weekend in San Francisco. The event, called “Hack North Korea,” was organized by New York-based charity Human Rights Foundation and brought together programmers, human rights campaigners and defectors. Several teams spent the weekend working on ideas…

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A “hackathon” planned for August aims to harness the technical prowess of Silicon Valley in coming up with new ways to get information safely into North Korea. “Hack North Korea” will take place in San Francisco and has been organized by The Human Rights Foundation, a New York-based group that earlier this year helped sent USB thumb…

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]]> https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/07/18/hackathon-aims-to-harness-silicon-valley-smarts-on-north-korea/feed/ 2 North Korea Tech Wikipedia enters North Korea … via balloon https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/01/20/wikipedia-enters-north-korea-via-balloon/ https://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/01/20/wikipedia-enters-north-korea-via-balloon/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5643

The Korean-language version of Wikipedia, pro-democracy literature and entertainment were among the contents on USB sticks recently sent via balloon into North Korea. Twenty balloons, each carrying several large bags of propaganda materials, were launched on Wednesday from Paju, close to the inter-Korean border, according to Human Rights Foundation, a New York-based NGO that focuses on…

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