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[Doomblade187]

Yeah, I believe last year they discovered cold fusion and an energy drink that makes people younger.

If I recall correctly, North Korean "discoveries" happened when Kim Jong-il was still alive.

I wonder, why North Korean websites are blocked inside South Korea? Is the South Korean government so afraid of potential sympathisers?

They don't want the population exposed to delusional propoganda. An example is how they change stories about US soldiers to try to further their agenda to get US troops off the peninsula. There have been 3 official cases where rape charges have been brought against US soldiers in the last 10 years in South Korea. Only one was found to be a legitimate crime against a South Korean civilian. There have been several other incidents where claims were made and later the accuser has been found to be "influenced" by political and financial forces. The NK propoganda news service frequently reports that US soldiers ride around raping and shooting civilians and the law enforcement who tries to stop them are also gunned down. Considering how NK intentionally keeps it's people uneducated, it is likely that a large portion of their population believes most of the B.S. that NK spouts. I can post sources for examples of these crazy stories if anyone is doubtful.

I'm not doubtful, but I am curious about the stories, in a morbid fashion.

[hemmingjay]

here is just one of the most recent http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I wonder, why North Korean websites are blocked inside South Korea? Is the South Korean government so afraid of potential sympathisers?

South Korea has a high level of internet censorship.

[Fniff]

Funny, considering they have such a huge level of the population being internet users that Starcraft is played in stadiums.

[MonkeyHead]

No access to porn = playing lots of online games.

[misko27]

The Korean Peninsula is full of Juicy Contradictions! ® (Yo Starburst, where my endorsment fee at?)

[Fniff]

No access to porn = playing lots of online games.

Knowing the look of ladies in MMOs, that's probably the closest they get to porn.

[Loud Whispers]

The Korean Peninsula is full of Juicy Contradictions! ® (Yo Starburst, where my endorsment fee at?)

Oh no! Guerrilla marketing warfare!

[Owlbread]

Nothing will come of this, I tell you this now. Nothing by way of military conflict anyway. The North Korean leadership isn't stupid - they know exactly what they're doing. Unless of course things are really, really bad right now in the DPRK by way of civil unrest and we just don't know it yet. The government was certainly shitting itself back in 2011 when they bought all that riot gear from the Chinese and a slowly developing protest/resistance movement has actually appeared, although it doesn't have much cohesion.

[Loud Whispers]

On the topic of China:

"Everyone who's saying China would do something, I honestly don't think that's the case.

Back in 1950, the situation was very different. Mao Zedong had just driven the KMT off the mainland, and was trying to consolidate his power in Beijing. The Chinese were devastated from literally decades of war, and Mao was looking for a way to unite people under the PRC banner. The war in Korea provided the perfect opportunity. Additionally, the Chicoms looked over the border into North Korea, saw it collapsing, and saw the capitalist Americans behind the wheel. They got mighty nervous once the KMT's strongest backers got within invading distance of the newly-minted PRC, especially with an incredibly bellicose general in MacArthur at the head of the offensive. Additionally, the PRC wasn't the economic powerhouse it is today, and it had no formal relations with the United States, and regarded it as little more than an imperialist aggressor. The impetus to attack was there.

Today, things are much more delicate for the PRC. The old animosity they had with the United States is long gone, replaced by dollar signs in their eyes from all the massive bilateral trade agreements. Sure, they're trying to ape our military tech and counter our might, but they're too invested in us, and we in them, to make that move. Additionally, they've got lucrative trade deals in place with the South Koreans, Japanese and the various constituents of the European Union, as well; all of which are potential allies in a war with North Korea. The Chinese wouldn't just be facing half the civilized world in combat if they defended the North, they'd lose so much capital it would send them spiraling into an economic collapse."

-Anon from /k, they know their shit. MacArthur quite literally wanted to destroy China and nuke everything. America doesn't want to fight China, nor vice versa. No one really wants to take over North Korea because it'll be so costly, and if the North Koreans do anything rash the People's gargantuan army will rush in and take over, setting up a new government that isn't so crazy. And people would be ok with this, for this would be an awesome outcome. The North Koreans cannot take South Korea. If they attempted to, it'd be at massive loss of life to the North Koreans - and this would be the greatest tragedy.

[MaximumZero]

I wonder, why North Korean websites are blocked inside South Korea? Is the South Korean government so afraid of potential sympathisers?

South Korea has a high level of internet censorship.

That any civilized nation would have a huge degree of internet censorship is appalling. I mean, restricting access to gorn or kiddyporn is one thing, but not even allowing your citizens to point and laugh at their neighbors to the north? That's despicable.

[Just Some Guy]

Since when has 4chan been a reliable source? But anon's probably right.

[Loud Whispers]

Since when has 4chan been a reliable source? But anon's probably right.

The power of the internet is that everything can be fact checked to the horizons of reachable space in time and back.

[ShoesandHats]

I wonder, why North Korean websites are blocked inside South Korea? Is the South Korean government so afraid of potential sympathisers?

South Korea has a high level of internet censorship.

That any civilized nation would have a huge degree of internet censorship is appalling. I mean, restricting access to gorn or kiddyporn is one thing, but not even allowing your citizens to point and laugh at their neighbors to the north? That's despicable.

Exactly. I'm pretty sure it's in the constitution that we're allowed to make fun of Canada.

[Lightningfalcon]

I wonder, why North Korean websites are blocked inside South Korea? Is the South Korean government so afraid of potential sympathisers?

South Korea has a high level of internet censorship.

That any civilized nation would have a huge degree of internet censorship is appalling. I mean, restricting access to gorn or kiddyporn is one thing, but not even allowing your citizens to point and laugh at their neighbors to the north? That's despicable.

Exactly. I'm pretty sure it's in the constitution that we're allowed to make fun of Canada.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Taunting Canadians, and the pursuit of Happiness."