Posted on 06/28/2005 9:25:31 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea Reportedly Cuts Int'l Phone Lines
1 hour, 49 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has cut most of its international phone lines since late March over concerns that sensitive information about its society will flow out of the isolated country, South Korea's spy agency reportedly said Tuesday.
Spy agency officials told a closed-door session of the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee that international phone connections had been cut at most of the North's trading companies and at government agencies since late March, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Since April, even people with permits to make international calls have been able to do so only under the strict surveillance of security officials, the report said.
Spy agency officials said the steps were taken to eliminate sources of instability ahead of the 60th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, as well as the 60th anniversary of the founding of its Workers' Party.
North Korean authorities also are struggling to deal with rising crime following economic reforms in 2002 and illegal trading of foreign currency. In the last three years, Pyongyang has scaled back elements of its centrally planned economy and started allowing some prices to be set by the market.
Ping!
Hmmm:
Pakistan Loses Internet Access for 2 Weeks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432333/posts
Several odd little coincidences.
That is interesting. Hmmm.
fyi
bttt
Yes, this is an old news, which has been officially confirmed now. I am sure that Kim Jong-il and his cohorts would not want to face decapitation attack from outside, while at the gala outdoor events.:-)
Maybe they NKCLU will take the government there to court.
A scary place . . .
Please elaborate...
HMMM maybe Chia Pet getting nervous
Hey Tiger over the weekend I watching History channel they show Inside North Korea is one weird country show what citizens are really like one of reporter from History Channel went up to lady ask question she just froze like he was secret agent
Sorry if I was too oblique. There were two stories recently posted on Free Republic about the Chinese opening civil defense shelters:
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