North Korea has only 7.200 users Internet, according to a new study on the global use of the internet.
In a report that published by We are Social, the government of the country only allows 0,03 percent of its population to access Internet. As a direct comparison, in Iceland 98 per cent of its population uses the Internet.
But this does not mean that the citizens of North Korea are not "online». The state has made its own internal internet, called Kwangmyong, which literally translates as "bright".
This version του Web δεν είναι συνδεμένη με το ευρύτερο διαδίκτυο, που σημαίνει ότι οποιοδήποτε content from the outside world is first checked by government officials and then loaded.
If you are lucky enough and you have access, your computer will use an operating system that called Red Star, which looks much like older versions of OSX but is only used in North Korea.
A machine searchs called “Our Country” helps users navigate around the estimated 5.500 websites, which consist mainly of universities, government offices, libraries and state-owned enterprises.
But they also have their own version of Facebook - although they are only allowed to post birthday messages.
