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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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 Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: DPRK website blocked in by the Nat Police |
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http://www.korea-dpr.com/
Just for kicks I wanted to see what nonsense Kim Jong-il was putting on his website (pretty amusing stuff) only to find that the ever wise National Police Force of the Democratic People's Republic of South Korea and Leader of Free Speech in Asia has blocked it.
So much for reading Kim's bio....the real one, not the false one that is being spread like venom by the pigs in the south and their yanky dogs..... |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Interesting. And a little bit frightening too. On a similar note, I have also noticed that the The Metropolitician's blog is not accessible from here, (but it is by proxy). Is Internet censorship getting stricter nowadays? |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| A bit late on the notice. That site has been blocked for over 2 yers now. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| It's always been strict. Why would the South Korean government want any of their citizens to know anything about North Korea at all? |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| It's always been strict. Why would the South Korean government want any of their citizens to know anything about North Korea at all? |
I'm just wondering why they bother blocking it? Are people from the south really reading it, getting duped and heading up to visit Little Kim only to be locked up and sent to work on a rat farm somewhere?
seems kinda silly, even for SK. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| earthbound14 wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| It's always been strict. Why would the South Korean government want any of their citizens to know anything about North Korea at all? |
I'm just wondering why they bother blocking it? Are people from the south really reading it, getting duped and heading up to visit Little Kim only to be locked up and sent to work on a rat farm somewhere?
seems kinda silly, even for SK. |
Well they've been doing it for decades already. Part of it is because a lot of South Koreans have family up there, and neither government wants them to be able to communicate with each other. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Both of those websites work perfectly fine from my computer using IE. |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Both of those websites work perfectly fine from my computer using IE. |
who's your internet provider?
I've got KT. Seems to block more sites than other providers. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| merkurix wrote: |
| Interesting. And a little bit frightening too. On a similar note, I have also noticed that the The Metropolitician's blog is not accessible from here, (but it is by proxy). Is Internet censorship getting stricter nowadays? |
Yes, the first one is blocked, but the second (Metropolitician) I can access o.k. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| It's always been strict. Why would the South Korean government want any of their citizens to know anything about North Korea at all? |
Aye, been that way for YEARS. |
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Justin Hale
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Location: the Straight Talk Express
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| Both of those websites work perfectly fine from my computer using IE. |
Not for me.
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JamesFord
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: my personal playground
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: |
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Kim Jong Il's 'brief' biography is 160 pages long, and Kim Il Sung's is a whopping 2161 pages.  |
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jetrash
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Location: the united steaks
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: |
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its been like that for years..but i used to access the dprk official site from the UK no problem.
when i showed korean friends that there were blocked websites in their country,including the official north korean site,at first were shocked and didnt believe me.
i showed them the" blocked "sites when in the uk,and they were in total shock,.about what the north was actually writing about them and their country.
it was v different from what the press here was leading then to believe.there was a whole list of blocked sites from south korea somewhere..it was posted here yrs ago i think,but cant find it now(there seemed to be a about 50sites on there ...maybe its changed in number?)
the content is pretty dull,stalinist style nationalistic writing mixed with pure fantasy.
ie..down with capitalistic USA etc..south koreans are slaves to bush etc, King thiong ill has cured cancer, etc etc
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, we're not missing out on much. China blocks far more sites. |
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jetrash
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Location: the united steaks
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| Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: |
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if you think thats silly,in the 1970s here you were not allowed to own or dirve a RED car,as the colour was in the north korean flag,and represented communism.
im not joking,it was actually on the statue books. |
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