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The Internet Black Hole That Is North Korea
Nrbelex 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. The New York Times discusses the total lack of 'net access facing the North Korean state, and what it means in the long term." From the article: "The South was illuminated from coast to coast, suggesting that not just lights, but that other, arguably more bedrock utility of the modern age -- information -- was pulsating through the population. The North was black. This is an impoverished country where televisions and radios are hard-wired to receive only government-controlled frequencies. Cellphones were banned outright in 2004. In May, the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York ranked North Korea No. 1 -- over also-rans like Burma, Syria and Uzbekistan -- on its list of the '10 Most Censored Countries.' That would seem to leave the question of Internet access in North Korea moot."
Do not live in a country ruled by a paranoid dictator?
Probably they are just more aware of the problem of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution
Your country sending a big glow of light into the night sky really isn't something to be proud of.
who really wants North Korean porn. Come on North Korea, see all the porn and ads the internet has to offer! Sure some may look at material that isn't flattering to your regime, but if history is any judge, 99% of them will be too busy "punching the monkey" in more ways than one to care.
Plus naked Koreans!
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These days, the designated North Korean domain suffix, ".kp" remains dormant
The Internet, as it is, isn't really free. Since the US is currently Korea's #1 enemy on the planet, and the US has a proven record of meddling with the TLD registry (Iraq), the North Koreans are right in not using it.
most evident in a simple satellite image over the shoulder of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld during an Oct. 11 briefing. The image showed the two Koreas -- North and South -- photographed at night. The South was illuminated from coast to coast, suggesting that not just lights, but that other, arguably more bedrock utility of the modern age -- information -- was pulsating through the population. The North was black.
Espionage taken for granted. This article is a disgrace for the New York Times.