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North Korea Opens Official Website
wumpus188 writes "This is what I believe is the first official North Korean internet site 'Naenara' ('My Country'). Free reg required (login 'slashdot', password 'password' for you lazy slackers :) I esp. enjoyed the 'Favorite Korean Movies' section."
Someone already changed the password.
I look forward to open, unbiased communication free of propoganda or heresay.
- Allen Pike
Altering time, one time at a time.
Oooh.. let's see just how much bandwidth the north koreans have.
... With PHP!?!?!?
KCNA, the NK "news" agensy has had a website for years in Japan. It is under the JP TLD, and the new one is under the NET TLD.
KCNA functions as the spokesperson for the DPKR, the state of North Korea. Probably the least independent news agency in the world, Fox News included.
Click "One Country":
Kinda figures.
I believe posters are recognized by their sig. So I made one.
It's a funny thing : BugMeNot (still haven't installed this Firefox extension ?) already works with this website...
War doesn't prove who's right, just who's left.
Here's an interesting article about a man's experiences when he went into North Korea, in case anyone's wondering what's really going on in there.
In 1999 a german Doctor gained the confidence of the regime. Getting behind the 70ies-kitschy facade, he came back to report on the oppression and poverty.
Google will find you lots of interviews about his experiences.
Any sufficiently advanced libertarian utopia is indistinguishable from government.
There are others that have been around a while, this one seems to be set up by an expat group, but this one claims to be the official site of the DPRK government. Check the Welcome from Kim Jong-Il.
Password hint question:
The name of your best friend is ... ... ... ...
The scenary I love most is
My favorite movie star is
How would Korea change after reunification?
What will you do when Korea is reunified?
My favorite movie is
Nationality / citizenship:
1. Korean
...
2. Chinese
3. German
4. Russian
5. Australian
6. Bahrain
7. Bangladesh
8. Chinese [duplicate]
9. Indian
10. Indonesian
11.Iranian
12. Iraqi
13. Israeli
14. Japanese
15. Jordan
16. Kuwaiti
17. Lebanese
18. New Zealand
52. Canadian
53. Mexican
54. American ["American"?]
55. Argentinian
...
97. Netherlander
98. Portuguese
99. Spanish
100. English
Apparently our sensitive alphabetical sorting technology has been sucessfully prevented from reaching the DPRK.
With this slashdotting, I wouldn't be surpried their next front page news is 'World attacks North Korea's computer infrastructure'..
Or, perhaps it is because the server is located in Germany, and run by a German company
Kim Jong Il has a weblog.
For a nice little tour of N. Korea, you might visit the report at hrnk.org
A national policy of starvation, overwork, and torture. Newborns murdered on grounds of suspected genetic diversity. Imprisonment of three generation of an offender's family. A lifetime political prisoner population of 200,000 - more than all the US military in Iraq; more than all the people in a small industrial city.
Claudia Rosette wrote a column when the report was released.
This webmail address is good for us: the NSA won't be able to read our e-mails anymore if it's located in North Korea!
If anyone had bothered to scratch the surface of this site a little, you would soon realise that this is a dummy spoof site set up and run by a German businessman who uses it as a "sweetener" to get computing business in North Korea (which is illegal under UN sanctions, I believe).
He claims he is going to wire up North Korea via satellite - bul*shit!
If you really want to provide your personal details to an unscrupulous German, then feel free - you must really like spam.
It really does not deserve any further attention, other than to say "nice marketing ploy fella".
Anyone for an "official" Ossama Bin Laden blog?
Damian, UK
That's it, I'm moving to North Korea. Look what their constitution says:
Article 71
Citizens have the right to relaxation. This right is ensured by the establishment of the working hours, the provision of holidays, paid leave, accommodation at health resorts and holiday homes at State expense and by a growing network of cultural facilities.
Don't slashdot North Korea! They've probably never been slashdotted, don't know what to expect. What if they think it's cyberterrorism and launch some of their missles?!? I hear some of those suckers are nuclear (or might be before long)! You guys want to start World War III or something?
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
Not completely, but they are actually working toward that goal.
For instance, you will see one Korean team at the Olympics this summer under the banner of a united Korea.
Despite the US being against it, a unified Korea is for the best. It would solve most of the problems currently posed by North Korea, including the nuclear one.
Of course, then the US will have no need for troops in Japan or South Korea...
"The path of peace is yours to discover for eternity."
Japanese version of "Mothra" (1961)
As I was standing there, an older man sitting next to me asked me if I was an Amerian serviceman. When I answered yes. he shook my hand and said "Thank you. Young people don't remember, but I do. Thank you for helping us. Thank you for coming here."
One of the guys I worked with had a similar experience, the older Korean gentleman said to him "Your country was willing to send its young men to come here and die to protect us." I think the ROK is a shining example of American military power used for the right reasons.
The difference between the Korean war and our current debacle? The South was attacked and overrun by the North. We came in to defend, not to do a pre-emptive attack on an entire country.
Wu-Tang Name: Half-Cut Skeleton Get your own Wu-Na
I propose a new word: heresay. It would be a portmanteau of 'heresy' and 'hearsay'.
'Heresay' would be the practice of spreading false claims and attacking the local religious establishment based on secondhand information.
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
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Some countries of interest:
1. Finland
15. Switzerland & Costa Rica
17. United States
18. Hong Kong
35. Taiwan
38. Bulgaria
39. South Korea
40. Italy (the worst country of EU-15; hurrah, Berlusconi!)
41. Czech Republic (back then not yet an EU member state)
92. Israel (no Arab country performed in top 50, either)
104. Afghanistan (year after collapse of the Taliban regime)
130. Iraq (still Saddam's regime)
138. People's Republic of China
139. North Korea (the last one)
“Wait for Hurd if you want something real” –Linus
Oh yeah, well I'm hostmaster@kcckp.net. Bow down before I change your dns entry!