North Korea is free to use the world’s fascinating social networking system, Twitter. But, the question is how to utilize it. No one believes that the reclusive nation would allow its citizens to have access to the networked world. Needless to say, the North’s dictatorial regime has imposed an information blackout on its people to tighten its hold on power.
Now, attention is focused on the news that the North has begun to operate a Twitter site. The North’s government-run website called Uriminzokkiri opened a Twitter account on Aug. 12, just after launching a YouTube channel last month. The account under the name of ``uriminzok (our nation)” has garnered over 5,000 followers since then.
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