15 Mar 10 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
Reporters Without Borders has named Burma, China, North Korea and Vietnam as among the worst violators of freedom of expression on the internet. The Enemies of the Internet 2010 report claimed that governments in these countries are either preventing citizens from accessing the web or developing increasingly sophisticated filtering techniques.
04 Mar 10 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
A factory worker has been executed by firing squad in North Korea for divulging information to a friend in South Korea. The man, who has only been identified by his surname Chong, was accused of sharing the price of rice and other information on an illegal mobile phone with a defector. Seoul-based Open Radio for North Korea revealed that security officials raided the man’s house and found a Chinese-manufactured phone. North Korea does allow mobile devices to be used, but their range is limited to the capital Pyongyang. The country is notorious for its disregard of human rights and has no organised political opposition or a free media.
05 Aug 09 | Index Index, minipost
Current TV journalists Laura Ling, and Euna Lee have returned to the United States after former US president Bill Clinton secured their release from a North Korean jail on a visit to Pyongyang.
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10 Jun 09 | Index Index, minipost
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the government was “pursuing every possible approach” over the two US journalists held in North Korea as their families have pleaded with the authorities there to set the pair free. Read more here
