North Korea Opens Official Website

wumpus188 writes "This is what I believe is the first official North Korean internet site 'Naenara' ('My Country'). Free reg required (login 'slashdot', password 'password' for you lazy slackers :) I esp. enjoyed the 'Favorite Korean Movies' section."

If only...

[ThePDW]

Now if only they could just figure out how to feed their people :-(

Korea makes me proud to be an American.

[leereyno]

When I look at this website it reminds me of how much good the US has done around the world. If it wasn't for us there would not be a North Korea. There wouldn't be a South Korea either for that matter because the whole damned peninsula would be under the lead boot of a communist dictatorship. The DPRK should stand as a reminder of just how much evil there is in the world, and just how easily that evil can prevail.

It is because of us that South Korea is free, and God willing one of these days we'll bring freedom to ALL of Korea.

Lee

Re:Korea makes me proud to be an American.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ooh, nice attempt at trolling.

(well, I think it was trolling...)

For every country the US has helped, they have also helped overthrow or cause chaos in another - to the point of assassinating democratically elected government leaders, and funding insurgent terrorist organisations (Al Qaeda, Taliban etc etc.).

Lets face it - the US does not have the high ground on this issue; their international record is shady and suspect. For all their good words, they act outside of international laws quite often (just look at their disrespect for the UN).

Ob StarWars: Mod me down and I will grow stronger than you can possibly imagine.

(Well maybe I won't. But I would... In Japan.)

Re:Inside DPRK

[LostCluster]

have an independent press

But not a free press as the grandparent post pointed out some politcally unpopular ideas are taboo.

Re:Inside DPRK

[pe1chl]

That is true in most countries, even those who think that they are free.

Re:Korea makes me proud to be an American.

[Anonymous Coward]

You are ever so lucky to live in the land of the free. By the way, have you ever been to Cuba? I guess not, your government won't let you.

Give it 1 week

[u-238]

Word will spread and some patriotic script kiddie with a huge bot net will flex his capitalistic pride and this website will be at the brunt of it.

Mark my words.

Re:Are you sure it's really from Korea?

[Kane Skalter]

Now with clickable goodness! Here's the whois info [swhois.com]. Damn, I should learn to preview.

Re:Is it true, the two Koreas reunified?

[Melantha_Bacchae]

Not completely, but they are actually working toward that goal.

For instance, you will see one Korean team at the Olympics this summer under the banner of a united Korea.

Despite the US being against it, a unified Korea is for the best. It would solve most of the problems currently posed by North Korea, including the nuclear one.

Of course, then the US will have no need for troops in Japan or South Korea...

"The path of peace is yours to discover for eternity."
Japanese version of "Mothra" (1961)

Re:Korea makes me proud to be an American.

[grendelkhan]

It is because of us that South Korea is free, and God willing one of these days we'll bring freedom to ALL of Korea.

And let me tell you something, the older Koreans remember and thank us for it. I spent six years of my time in the Air Force stationed in Korea, and while most people my age there were more curious than anything to talk to an American (most really wanted to practice their English!), I was extremely touched one day on the subway in Seoul.

As I was standing there, an older man sitting next to me asked me if I was an Amerian serviceman. When I answered yes. he shook my hand and said "Thank you. Young people don't remember, but I do. Thank you for helping us. Thank you for coming here."

One of the guys I worked with had a similar experience, the older Korean gentleman said to him "Your country was willing to send its young men to come here and die to protect us." I think the ROK is a shining example of American military power used for the right reasons.

The difference between the Korean war and our current debacle? The South was attacked and overrun by the North. We came in to defend, not to do a pre-emptive attack on an entire country.

Re:Is it true, the two Koreas reunified?

[TRACK-YOUR-POSITION]

The current administration keeps talking like it wants to pull troops out of Korea, anyway. The troops there don't serve an actual military purpose--they only number 20,000 or so--their only purpose is to send a message that America will defend South Korea in any renewed conflict.

I'm not saying that America's actions toward either Korea have always been snow white innocent (support for South Korean dictators in the name of stability comes to mind), or that America's policies towards North Korea make complete sense, but to suggest that America wants the conflict to continue so that we might maintain troops there--that's silly. The American troops stationed in Korea are sitting ducks. Sacrificial lambs. A human tripwire. An intentional Pearl Harbor/Alamo-style vulnerability. Okinawa's a different story--if Korea united tomorrow, I doubt America would feel a need to pull out of Japan.

North Korea web site leaves out important facts

[Anonymous Coward]

Like the fact that North Korea runs a huge gulag of concentration camps [ncafe.com] that make Nazi Germany look almost friendly in comparison..

For more info see freenorthkorea.net [freenorthkorea.net] and some of the other web sites listed there..