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  Eric Schmidt challenges India to invest in an open internet

  By T.C. Sottek on March 19, 2013 03:59 pm + 58 comments

  Following a visit to North Korea, Eric Schmidt has continued his impromptu pan-Asia internet freedom Continue reading…

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  The Pirate Bay's move to North Korea is probably more satire than fact

  By Carl Franzen on March 4, 2013 07:03 pm + 24 comments

  The Pirate Bay published a blog post today claiming that it has relocated to a "new provider" in Continue reading…

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  North Korea's 3G network won't be censored for foreigners

  By Amar Toor on February 27, 2013 03:16 am + 35 comments

  The North Korean regime has long maintained tight control over the flow of information within its Continue reading…

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  North Korea to switch on 3G internet access for foreigners within a week

  By Sam Byford on February 22, 2013 12:00 am + 39 comments

  A month after North Korea started allowing foreign tourists to use cellphones within its borders, Continue reading…

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  Why did North Korea just detonate a nuclear bomb?

  By Russell Brandom on February 13, 2013 05:00 pm + 115 comments

  Yesterday saw the first nuclear test since 2009 and North Korea's largest detonation to date, over Continue reading…

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  North Korea conducts underground nuclear test

  By Sam Byford on February 11, 2013 11:07 pm + 259 comments

  North Korea announced plans last month to carry out its third nuclear test, and it followed through Continue reading…

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  North Korea turns 'We are the World' and 'Call of Duty' into space race propaganda

  By Adi Robertson on February 5, 2013 09:17 am + 70 comments

  North Korea's consistently strange propaganda looks to have become even more surreal: a video posted Continue reading…

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  Google officially names and marks North Korean 'gulags' on updated Maps

  By Adi Robertson on January 29, 2013 03:47 pm + 22 comments

  After years of blank spaces, Google is updating its North Korean maps with data from Map Maker — Continue reading…

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  Google publishing more detailed North Korea maps with crowdsourced data

  By Sam Byford on January 28, 2013 09:34 pm + 50 comments

  North Korea has always been one of the few blind spots in Google Maps' efforts to detail the world, Continue reading…

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  North Korea to conduct nuclear test 'targeted at the United States'

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2013 11:30 pm + 208 comments

  North Korea has announced plans for its third nuclear weapon test. In comments carried by the Continue reading…