2006-07-07 08:54:33 · 8 answers · asked by absolutebeginner 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Korea
Well there has to be some sort of wealthy class that represents some small fraction of the population?
2006-07-07 09:00:53 · update #1
they got everything here there and a lot of pirated movies that just came out in theaters in the states and another country in the north that hates em all
2006-07-07 09:55:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, the average North Korean doesn't even know about the recent missile thing. Their TVs and radios are built to only receive the single government channel, and anyone caught receiving outside broadcasts is sent to a labor camp.
I'm sure there are a few connected people who have privileges, but the other %99 only know what they are told or leaks in on smuggled South Korean videotapes. If you don't believe me go to the Korean Central News Agency website and you can read in English the same crap the people there are told.
2006-07-10 17:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For most North Koreans they would have only the "intra-net" which means they access only other North-korean computers and web-sites. Any access outside that cul-de-sac to the larger internet is strictly controlled and allowed to only a select few, such as for news-gathering. Any news thus gathered is then "spun" and passed to the intra-net and other internal media agencies.
2006-07-10 21:19:31 · answer #3 · answered by P Bass 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There is a total lock - only leading party members or very few administration workers would have access, and even that under control.
No private people have a computer at home!!
2006-07-07 09:01:06 · answer #4 · answered by swissnick 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
One of my Chinese students visited North Korea. As a matter of fact, there are more people using computers than one would believe. They even have computer bars. The computers are under constant scrutiny for international transmissions. My international transmissions are also under constant scrutiny by the Department of Homeland Security. It is the times we live in.
I met a man who just married a North Korean woman that he met is a mail order bride web site, AsianEuro.com.
The high school students are encouraged to use English when they exchange communications with students from different parts of the world, even America.
2006-07-11 00:32:46 · answer #5 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
total lock down. when you're in a dictatorship like lil kim has going over there, you don't want people knowing the real truth about you and your dad and communism. they believe what they are told to believe. if not, they die. seriously I think there are only like 10 phones in all of north Korea. you can actually dial the number 5 and it'll ring to whoever has that phone.
2006-07-08 05:40:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 13⤊ 0⤋
They have internet.However,they are not able to watch many infelicitous website.
such as the one from South Korea, Japan, US, and Europe.
2006-07-08 00:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by bottle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of those people dont have enough food, I dont think they are too concerned about the inernet.
2006-07-07 08:58:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋