North Korea: On the net in world's most secretive nation

[Gerald]

Only select members of society, known as "elites" get to use North Korean internet

What is it like to surf the internet in the most secretive country on Earth? The short answer is - strange, at least by the rest of the world's standards. But as North Koreans begin to put their lives at risk just to connect to the outside world, it could mark a dramatic moment in the country's history.

There's a curious quirk on every official North Korean website. A piece of programming that must be included in each page's code.

Its function is straightforward but important. Whenever leader Kim Jong-un is mentioned, his name is automatically displayed ever so slightly bigger than the text around it. Not by much, but just enough to make it stand out.

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Note: 10 December 2012 Last updated at 08:19 GMT