North Korea spends $15 to upgrade their webpage

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Now you can spend US dollars on posters that they admit are propaganda. Nope, not an Onion article.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-north-koreas-website-20120420,0,4448430.story

http://www.korea-dpr.com/index.html#

Maybe some day they they will start using 21st century technology on their official news site?

http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm

[The Mikado]

They're not using propaganda in the derogatory sense.  They're using it in the positive sense in a way that most countries gave up on sixty years ago.

I'll poke around on the site tomorrow, but I wonder if they left in the FAQ?  My all time favorite question&answer was "Q.  Can I come to teach in North Korea?  A.  No."

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They have a link that says forum, but it doesn't work.

I wonder how many hipsters buy the propaganda posters or flags for the LOLs.

[minionofmidas]

Sellouts.

I much prefer the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's web presence, anyways. Even though it's not nearly as ridiculous. http://shahamat-english.com/

Here's a taste:

http://shahamat-english.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16441:enemys-defeat-enemys-confession&catid=2:comments&Itemid=3

I love the misspelling of Daniel as "Denial".

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Their "forum" is a blog with the comments off. Too bad they don't allow comments, it would have been funny to troll North Korea.

[King]

Why would their forum need comments when OP is always brilliant and on point?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

My favorite part is how the KCNA website has a .jp address.

[King]

Having a chance to really look at it, I have to hand it to the DPRK.  It's actually a pretty well done website.  Easy to navigate and more substantive than most American political websites.