North Korea Websites and Video Links

Here are some North Korean websites:

http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/sitemap/

http://www.korea-dpr.com/

We discussed how these sites are virtually the only thing on the internet coming out of N. Korea.  No youtube videos (from N. Koreans at least), no twitter accounts, no private websites.  N. Korea has been described as an “internet black hole.”

Contrast this with S. Korea, where music and videos like this are popular.  What “western” themes do you recognize in this video?  What can we infer about S. Korea just from this video:

Here is the link to the N. Korea documentary that we watched in class:


 

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