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A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, [a] motorway, [b] and expressway. [c] Other similar terms include throughway or thruway [d] and parkway.
Censorship is a form of media monopoly, where the government oversees all media content in order to maintain obedience. North Korea utilizes a three-tiered approach to control its citizens at the ideological, physical, and institutional level. [4] This applies not only to North Korean residents but also to visitors.
The OGD's control over Party life through Organization Departments at a local level allows it to record and punish any North Korean who does not adhere to policy. [19] [2] North Koreans can be removed from positions of power, receive reeducation, or in severe cases be denied access to the food and medical systems or even send citizens to prison ...
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is visible at night from space because of a noticeable lack of lighting in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Demilitarized Zone intersects but does not follow the 38th parallel north, which was the border before the Korean War. It crosses the parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ ...
Kwangmyong (network) Kwangmyong (광명 lit. 'Bright Light') [1] [2] is a North Korean "walled garden" national intranet service [3] opened in the early 2000s. The Kwangmyong intranet system stands in contrast to the global Internet in North Korea, which is available to fewer people in the country.
Kukka anjŏn powibu. The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [a] ( Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가보위성) is the secret police agency of North Korea. It is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader. [2] [3] In addition to its internal ...
The mass media in North Korea is amongst the most strictly controlled in the world. The constitution nominally provides for freedom of speech and the press. However, the government routinely disregards these rights, and seeks to mold information at its source. A typical example of this was the death of Kim Jong Il, news of which was not ...
McCune–Reischauer. Chosŏn Chungangt'ongsin / Chosŏn T'ongsinsa. The Korean Central News Agency ( KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea. [1] [2] [3] The agency portrays the views of the North Korean government for both domestic and foreign consumption. It was established on December 5, 1946, and now features online coverage.