**rth Korea officially blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
 

**rth Korea officially blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
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**rth Korea has officially an**unced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications an**uncement was posted this week at the country's main mobile service provider, Koryolink, and other places serving Internet users.

Very few **rth Koreans have Internet access. Typically they can see only a sealed-off, government-sanctioned intranet. But foreigners had previously been able to surf the Web with almost ** overt restrictions, though most likely with behind-the-scenes monitoring of their Internet activities. Read more...


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