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China-Japan-Koreas
N Korea tops censorship league
2006-05-04
North Korea heads a league table of the 10 most censored countries, according to a survey by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. All "news" in North Korea is positive, there are no independent journalists, and all radio and television receivers are locked to government-specified frequencies, the CPJ said in a report to mark World Press Freedom Day yesterday. North Korea is followed by:

Burma
Turkmenistan
Equatorial Guinea
Libya
Eritrea
Cuba
Uzbekistan
Syria
Belarus

The survey was based on a variety of criteria, including formal censorship, harassment of journalists, jamming of foreign news broadcasts and restrictions on internet access. "People in these countries are virtually isolated from the rest of the world by authoritarian rulers who muzzle the media and keep a chokehold on information through restrictive laws, fear and intimidation," said Ann Cooper, the CPJ's executive director.

In North Korea, almost all news is supplied by the official news agency, which "serves up a daily diet ...
... which is about the only diet they get...
... of fawning coverage of 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il and his official engagements," the report said, adding that the country's grinding poverty and famines were never mentioned.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Gee I would thought that the U.S. would rank right up there according the to the LLL Mo0nb@t fever swamp. I thought Bush had an enemies list and had an ongoing war with the First admendment. Now you want me to believe that the fun loving (verry ronry) Dear Leader Kimmy is the censorship king? I feel faint!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-05-04 10:57  

#3  And speaking of China...
Posted by: Spogum Sniger9929   2006-05-04 08:34  

#2  How do they lock a radio?

Easiest thing in the world when you control the distribution market. Just design the tuner to only receive specific frequencies, either with push buttons or a click knob. If you want to get fancy, you can put filters into the tuner to trap any unwanted frequencies.

I'll bet they are having troubles with black market sets smuggled in from China, I've read there's a big market for video CD players and copies of South Korean shows. Same thing with cell phones. Cracks are opening in their wall.
Posted by: Steve   2006-05-04 08:28  

#1  How do they lock a radio? From my own electrical tinking, I am wondering how it can be done. Anyone actually seen such a thing!
Posted by: Bernardz   2006-05-04 07:59  

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