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20th May 2013
 

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North Korea responds to ‘Anonymous’ hacking incident

North Korea responds to ‘Anonymous’ hacking incident

North Korea’s state-controlled website Uriminzokkiri has posted a cartoon entitled “Accomplices” in response to widespread hacking incidents that took place earlier this month. [...]

May 6, 2013 Yeseul Loaiza News 0

Hacker publishes hit list of North Korean websites

Hacker publishes hit list of North Korean websites

An unidentified Internet user posting under the name of the Anonymous hacking collective has published a "hit list" of North Korean websites. [...]

May 6, 2013 Martyn Williams News 0

North Korea Increases Fighter Jet Activity

North Korea Increases Fighter Jet Activity

North Korea has dramatically increased the number of fighter jets in its skies over the last few days, an unnamed government official told South Korean-based news agency Yonhap. [...]

March 13, 2013 james.pearson News 0

Beating The Information Blockade In Our Own Style

Beating The Information Blockade In Our Own Style

Regardless of Google calls top open the internet, North Koreans find alternative ways to break the information blockade. Find out how the market plays a critical role in sharing information from outside. [...]

February 21, 2013 Shirley Lee Featured Content 0

North Korea’s Cell Phone Pricing Structure Revealed

North Korea’s Cell Phone Pricing Structure Revealed

Following news broken on this site that North Korea is allowing foreign tourists to keep their cellphones throughout tours of the country, NK NEWS can now exclusively reveal the pricing structure that network operator KoryoLink will be providing services at.  Kyodo News have also published video of the first foreigners using the tourist service at [...]

January 22, 2013 nknews News 0

Google Chairman’s Daughter Offers Behind The Scenes Trip Report

Google Chairman’s Daughter Offers Behind The Scenes Trip Report

Eric Schmidt's 19 year old daughter reports on the latest technological develops witnessed during high-level "Google Delegation" trip, and gives a personal impression of the current state of affairs in wintery Pyongyang. [...]

January 21, 2013 nknews News 0

EXCLUSIVE: Foreigners Now Permitted To Carry Mobile Phones In North Korea

EXCLUSIVE: Foreigners Now Permitted To Carry Mobile Phones In North Korea

A change in national policy comes just days after Google chairman Eric Schmit's visit. Could this signal the country taking a more relaxed approach to the use of communication technology? [...]

January 19, 2013 nknews News 0

How We Googled North Korea In 2012

How We Googled North Korea In 2012

Throughout the year 2012 Google received over 1.2 trillion searches in 142 different languages. Last year Google users searched millions times for information about Whitney Huston and Gangnam Style, and ogled millions of times over the images of One Direction and Selena Gomez.  While these terms may have been the zeitgeist, it wasn’t just pop-culture [...]

January 16, 2013 Tasharni Jamieson Opinion 0

Google Goes To North Korea: Why Not?

Google Goes To North Korea: Why Not?

With Eric Schimdt’s visit to Pyongyang making headlines across the world, many writers have been wondering why Google’s executive chairman would ever want to visit the DPRK. [...]

January 9, 2013 Gianluca Spezza Featured Content, NK Lite 0

Why is Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Going to Visit North Korea?

Why is Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Going to Visit North Korea?

Just weeks after Kempinski's bid for the Hotel Of Doom, the Chairman of one of the world's biggest companies is heading to North Korea too - but why? We hear expert opinions from Martyn Williams and Choson Exchange. [...]

January 3, 2013 nknews News 0