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Delightful Little Capuchin Monkey
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posted October 17, 2003 13:15
    
Here are some excerpts from 'THE OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA IN THE DPRK: IDEAS AND METHODS' by Dr. Andrei Lankov. It's a pretty interesting read, especially after watching the video Nia linked above! I pasted some of the more interesting bits below, but here's a link to the full text of his paper:Lankov -- All but a tiny fraction of the information available to the average North Korean has been provided by some government agency. This monopoly is not challenged by any alternative source, either internal (for example, legal or illegal press) or outside (the foreign broadcasting and print media). The DPRK is a unique example of an almost "hermetically" sealed society. Except for a small elite, North Koreans know of the world only what they are allowed to know by their government and all information is selected by the authorities according to very strict criteria. -- Since the outside world is seen by North Korean authorities as a source of danger and ideological corruption, the utmost care is taken to seal all possible channels by which unauthorised data from the outside could otherwise filter into the North Korean information space. Controlling the "right" use of radio receivers is also an important task of the heads of the so-called "people's groups" (inminban) {*1}. According to some reports, the head of inminban can break into any house at any time (even in the dead of night) to check whether there is a non-registered receiver present. -- In the DPRK, the circulation of any foreign newspapers and magazines is also strictly forbidden.
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posted October 17, 2003 12:21
