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Category: North Korea

Kwangmyong: Inside North Korea’s National Intranet Service

Introduction to Kwangmyong Kwangmyong (광명, meaning “bright light” or “bright star”) is North Korea’s own national intranet – a closed, domestic network that functions like an internal version of the internet en.wikipedia.org. It was launched in the early 2000s with the purpose of providing information and online services to North Korean citizens while keeping them…
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Internet Access in North Korea. How North Korea’s Secret Internet Works: Discover the Hidden World of Kwangmyong

Government Control and Censorship of Internet Access North Korea’s government maintains strict control over all internet usage, allowing access to the global Internet only for a small, elite group with special authorization businessinsider.com en.wikipedia.org. The vast majority of citizens are barred from the global web; instead, they are limited to a state-run domestic network. Even for the…
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