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

Gerald · 12-10-12, 03:44 PM

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

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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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20445632

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

Cybermat47 · 12-10-12, 05:00 PM

Interesting...

TLAM Strike · 12-10-12, 06:37 PM

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Reporters Without Borders - an organisation which monitors global press freedom - said some North Korean "journalists" had found themselves sent to "revolutionisation" camps, simply for a typo in their articles.

Damn I think I had that professor for journalism...

Gerald · 12-11-12, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Damn I think I had that professor for journalism...

LOL

Cybermat47 · 12-11-12, 03:55 PM

Well, I'm glad that I'm not subject to the whims of Kim Jong Un.

Jimbuna · 12-11-12, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Well, I'm glad that I'm not subject to the whims of Kim Jong Un.

Not quite yet anyway

the_tyrant · 12-11-12, 07:41 PM

damn, and I though getting porn in china was hard.....

Jimbuna · 12-12-12, 05:10 AM

I really wouldn't know

Gerald · 12-12-12, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I really wouldn't know

Sure?....

Jimbuna · 12-12-12, 02:56 PM

Oh really

Gerald · 12-12-12, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Oh really

How come?

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12-12-12, 02:56 PM	#10
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