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| - | '''Internet censorship''' is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the [[Internet]]. The legal issues are similar to offline [[censorship]]. | + | '''North Korea''', officially the '''Democratic People's Republic of Korea''' ('''DPRK'''), is a [[state]] in [[East Asia]], occupying the northern half of the [[Korean Peninsula]]. Its capital and largest city is [[Pyongyang]]. The border between North Korea and [[South Korea]] is called the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]]. The [[Yalu River|Amnok River]] is the border between North Korea and China. The [[Tumen River]] in the extreme north-east is the border with Russia. |
| - | One difference is that national borders are more permeable online: residents of a country that bans certain information can find it on [[website]]s hosted outside the country. Conversely, attempts by one government to prevent its citizens from seeing certain material can have the effect of restricting foreigners, because the government may take action against Internet sites anywhere in the world, if they host objectionable material. | + | The peninsula was governed by the [[Korean Empire]] until it was occupied by [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japan]] following the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1905. It was divided into Russian and U.S. occupied zones in 1945, following [[World War II]]. North Korea refused to participate in a [[United Nations]]-supervised election held in the south in 1948. This led to the creation of separate Korean governments for the two occupation zones. Both North and South Korea claim sovereignty over the entire peninsula and both were accepted as members of the UN in 1991. |
| - | Barring total control on Internet-connected computers, such as in [[North Korea]], total censorship of information on the Internet is very difficult (or impossible) to achieve due to the underlying distributed technology of the Internet. [[Pseudonymity]] and [[data haven]]s (such as [[Freenet]]) allow unconditional [[free speech]], as the technology guarantees that material cannot be removed and the author of any information is impossible to link to a physical [[digital identity|identity]] or [[organization]]. | ||
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North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The border between North Korea and South Korea is called the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The Amnok River is the border between North Korea and China. The Tumen River in the extreme north-east is the border with Russia.
The peninsula was governed by the Korean Empire until it was occupied by Japan following the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. It was divided into Russian and U.S. occupied zones in 1945, following World War II. North Korea refused to participate in a United Nations-supervised election held in the south in 1948. This led to the creation of separate Korean governments for the two occupation zones. Both North and South Korea claim sovereignty over the entire peninsula and both were accepted as members of the UN in 1991.
