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Kwangmyong, the North-Korea-Wide-Web

45 points by one010101 16y ago

bl4k 16y ago
I found this amusing until I realized that it is coming out in Australia shortly
- jrockway 16y ago
  Fortunately, Tor is not blocked yet. (And you though "oppressive regimes" only happened to other people...)
  - ericd 16y ago
    Yeah, it's really quite frightening that a first-world country like Australia is going the route they are. Not that the US hasn't made gestures in the same direction, but Aussie seems to be following through with it.
- mkramlich 16y ago
  Australia is the only country with a more restrictive Internet policy than North Korea. If recent news reports are to be believed, mate.
- chrisb 16y ago
  I realise this is probably half in jest, and I'm not saying I agree with what is happening in Australia. But please remember that there is absolutely no comparison between the state of anything in North Korea and Australia.
thefool 16y ago
Where is this technology coming from anyway? I thought most countries had trade embargos of some sort with north korea
- gojomo 16y ago
  I believe it's only the US & EU embargoing North Korea. China has the strongest relations with North Korea -- and would be enough of a source for anything. And since North Korea seems to have figured out nuclear weapons, early-90s-style walled-garden dial-up-networking, like Prodigy/Compuserve/AOL, shouldn't be too hard.
kwamenum86 16y ago
speed?
- ericd 16y ago
  Dialup
  - byw 16y ago
    I wonder how many homes actually have phone lines.
    - gaius 16y ago
      Probably all of them, to make eavesdropping easier.
gaius 16y ago
Reminds me of Prestel (UK) and Minitel (France).
ilcesco 16y ago
Regardless my absolute disgust for any sort of censorship, I must admit that it would be quite interesting to look, through a sociologist-like point of view, how a whole nation has developed (or not developed) without any string attached to the rest of the world, to know what the people there are thinking and what's their idea of the rest of the world. Too bad it's almost impossible to get there and roam around for a western citizen. Here's a great photo essay for anyone else fascinated by this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157604812751507/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/721576048127... and here some other travel journals: http://www.blogjam.com/north-korea/ http://www.blogjam.com/north-korea/
mmphosis 16y ago
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45 points by one010101 16y ago

bl4k 16y ago

I found this amusing until I realized that it is coming out in Australia shortly

jrockway 16y ago
Fortunately, Tor is not blocked yet. (And you though "oppressive regimes" only happened to other people...)
- ericd 16y ago
  Yeah, it's really quite frightening that a first-world country like Australia is going the route they are. Not that the US hasn't made gestures in the same direction, but Aussie seems to be following through with it.
mkramlich 16y ago
Australia is the only country with a more restrictive Internet policy than North Korea. If recent news reports are to be believed, mate.
chrisb 16y ago
I realise this is probably half in jest, and I'm not saying I agree with what is happening in Australia. But please remember that there is absolutely no comparison between the state of anything in North Korea and Australia.

thefool 16y ago

Where is this technology coming from anyway? I thought most countries had trade embargos of some sort with north korea

gojomo 16y ago
I believe it's only the US & EU embargoing North Korea. China has the strongest relations with North Korea -- and would be enough of a source for anything. And since North Korea seems to have figured out nuclear weapons, early-90s-style walled-garden dial-up-networking, like Prodigy/Compuserve/AOL, shouldn't be too hard.

kwamenum86 16y ago

speed?

ericd 16y ago
Dialup
- byw 16y ago
  I wonder how many homes actually have phone lines.
  - gaius 16y ago
    Probably all of them, to make eavesdropping easier.

gaius 16y ago

Reminds me of Prestel (UK) and Minitel (France).

ilcesco 16y ago

Regardless my absolute disgust for any sort of censorship, I must admit that it would be quite interesting to look, through a sociologist-like point of view, how a whole nation has developed (or not developed) without any string attached to the rest of the world, to know what the people there are thinking and what's their idea of the rest of the world. Too bad it's almost impossible to get there and roam around for a western citizen. Here's a great photo essay for anyone else fascinated by this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157604812751507/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/721576048127... and here some other travel journals: http://www.blogjam.com/north-korea/ http://www.blogjam.com/north-korea/

mmphosis 16y ago

This is a free service for public use.