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Country Profile: North Korea
Internet and Intranet in North Korea
The community of Internet users in North Korea consists almost entirely of elites and foreigners. A select few, including members of Kim Jung Il’s inner circle, enjoy unfiltered Internet access via satellite link to servers in Germany,...
- Posted on 10/May/2007; tagged in Asia, North Korea -
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has been monitoring Internet filtering around the world since 2002. Currently, more that 40 countries are filtering the Internet to varying degrees, while a number of others, including Australia, Iraq, and Spain, are considering enacting filtering policies....
- Posted on 19/Jan/2010; tagged in Asia, Australia, Australia/New Zealand, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Conflict and security filtering, Europe, Germany, Human rights, IP blocking, Iraq, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North Korea, Overblocking, Political filtering, Proxy blocking, Russia, Social filtering, Sub-Saharan Africa, United Kingdom -
New research from the OpenNet Initiative reveals accelerating restrictions on Internet content as Asian governments shift to next generation controls. These new techniques go beyond blocking access to websites and are more informal and fluid, implemented at edges of the network, and...
- Posted on 16/Jun/2009; tagged in Asia, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Conflict and security filtering, India, Indonesia, Internet tools filtering, IP blocking, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Non-filtering content restrictions, North Korea, ONI, Political filtering, Publications, Singapore, Social filtering, South Korea, Surveillance, Thailand, Vietnam, Voluntary filtering -
As a recent piece in The Economist discusses, the Internet -- or more accurately, the intranet -- in North Korea is proving useful in some surprising ways.
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- Posted on 22/Feb/2007; tagged in Asia, North Korea -
SEOUL (Reuters) - "North Korea said on Friday [Jan. 26] the South Korean government was violating the public's basic right to information by blocking access to Web sites sympathetic to the North." See full story.
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- Posted on 01/Feb/2007; tagged in North Korea, South Korea -
Tom Zeller Jr. of The New York Times writes: "While other restrictive regimes have sought to find ways to limit the Internet — through filters and blocks and threats — North Korea has chosen to stay wholly off the grid." ...
- Posted on 26/Oct/2006; tagged in Asia, North Korea -
OpenNet Initiative: Bulletin 009
January 31, 2005
Last Updated: January 31, 2005
Contents:
- Background
- Methodology & Results
- Observations
- About the OpenNet Initiative
Background
Major internet service providers in South Korea were ordered by the Ministry of...
South Korea has been under pressure about its blocking of North Korean Web sites. The Unification Minister was challenged on how censorship comports with South Korea's policy of openness towards the DPRK. South Korea is thinking of lifting at least...
