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Censorship is a form of media monopoly, where the government oversees all media content in order to maintain obedience. North Korea utilizes a three-tiered approach to control its citizens at the ideological, physical, and institutional level. [4] This applies not only to North Korean residents but also to visitors. [5]
As of 2010, there are 65 North Korean-run and pro-North Korean websites blocked in South Korea. [1] A test conducted by OpenNet Initiative in 2010 found that most websites blocked in South Korea are related to North Korea. The number of blocked North Korean sites has increased in recent years. [2]
Jack David, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former presidential deputy assistant secretary of defense for combating weapons of mass destruction, states that "by clinging to the hope that Pyongyang can be induced to give up its ambitions for nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, officials are distracted from pursuing policies that might actually enable the people of North Korea ...
North Korea's regime vowed to take up its "toughest" policies against the U.S. at a meeting of the country's ruling party last week. The Dec. 23-27 meeting featured top members of the Workers ...
Yoon was impeached in a second vote by South Korea's opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, which shocked the nation. KCNA had reported for the first time on ...
Access to North Korea by foreign news media is severely restricted by the North Korean government. There are very few full-time correspondents in the country. In the absence of on-the-spot reportage, a key source of information about North Korea is the testimony of defectors , but the defectors are not necessarily reliable for several reasons.
Also, secret police with a high ranking are responsible to censor all the publications in North Korea and grant approval. [13] Another duty of secret police is to run the concentration camps in North Korea. [13] They train the guards to maltreat the prisoners and guards will get punishment if they feel sympathy with the inmates' misfortune. [13]
A professor of Korean Studies at the University of Hamburg says the emotion is part of a cult of personality. Yvonne Schulz Zinda said, "The Kim rulers are exaggerated, almost godlike perceived."