North Korea — yes, the same North Korea that finished second to last in Reporters without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index 2009 (.pdf) and is arguably the world’s biggest Internet black hole — has condemned Seoul for blocking access to Pyongyang’s Twitter page:
South Korea has been “crazy to stop its people from gaining access to video and messages posted on our YouTube and Twitter,” said a statement seen on the North’s website.
“This proves the group of traitors is an anti-unification faction, which does not want (inter-Korean) dialogue and cooperation,” it said, adding the South’s “dirty” move will only aggravate confrontation on the peninsula.
Of course, I think blocking the sites is stupid, too, but still…
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I’m surprised, because I didn’t think the accounts were real. Guess this confirms it.
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