Two internationally based North Korea websites have been blocked by South Korea’s Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), it was revealed on Friday.

North Korea Tech – a California-based blog which reports on developments related to DPRK information technology – and KCNA Watch 3.0 – a German-hosted North Korea media search, aggregation and data extraction tool – were both fully blocked in South Korea as of last Friday afternoon.

While the KCSC warning visible on both sites does not reveal the exact reason they are blocked, the North Korea-focus of both sites suggests it may be related to South Korea’s 1948 National Security Act legislation.

That law is designed to “to restrict anti-state acts