Kwangmyong, which is Korean for "bright star," is North Korea's officially sanctioned intranet. It looks sort of like the internet circa 1994; many users even access it with old-school dial-up or ...

A slightly larger group of privileged North Koreans can see a tightly controlled Intranet called “Kwangmyong,” meaning ... North Korea’s use of the Internet targets outsiders more than ...

For the general population, the internet is replaced by Kwangmyong, a state-controlled intranet. This network provides censored content tailored to align with government propaganda.

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A highly-monitored and curated intranet is offered to North Korean citizens – known as Kwangmyong – while global internet access is strictly limited in the authoritarian country.

The report says North Korean researcher Kim Suk-Han—all defector names within the research are pseudonyms for safety reasons—used the internet five times when they were living in the country.

Phone calls and internet activity are monitored by ‘Bureau 27’ in North Korea’s State Security Department. The unit specialises in covert intelligence, and uses sophisticated equipment to detect ...

The majority of people are only able to access a government-established intranet known as Kwangmyong, with only the elite in the government and leadership able to access the global Internet. The total ...

Access to the internet is restricted to only foreigners and government officials, with citizens in North Korea only able to access ‘Kwangmyong’ – a highly regulated intranet.

North Korean citizens have access to Kwangmyong – an intranet system which is heavily regulated and mostly consists of political propaganda and scientific information.

The UK-based researcher said the cause of the outage in the secretive state seems to be internal rather than an attack.