Explore DPRK is an organization that portrays North Korean lifestyle with a largely official viewpoint, including the leaders of the country and project. Some of its videos are Korean while other videos are in English. The videos tend to be around 3 minutes long, and there are official state support from this as something that is approved by the North Korean government. There are music videos with live performances of various North Koreans signing songs and news broadcast of the military.
History[]
Termination[]
On March 5, 2024, the channel was blocked in South Korea possibly according to the Article 7 (Praise, incitement, etc.) of the National Security Act and Article 44-7 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection[1][2][3]; the channel was globally terminated by Google minutes later due to "compliance with export and sanctions policy" with the decision not appealable. The site later published a text criticising South Korean "puppet" authorities whether the South was a "truly a 'free' nation when the government fears a YouTube channel with just 10K subscribers" and called that "absurd", a "suppression of free speech" and "suppression of truth". [4][5][6]
Trivia[]
- The channel focuses on music, culture, and history, but there happens to be a lot of videos involving the supreme leader and contents praising the Kim family which rules North Korea since its founding, which makes it a propaganda channel.
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Article 7 (Praise, incitement, etc.) of the South Korean National Security Act (translated version)
- ↑ Article 44-7 (Prohibition on Circulation of Unlawful Information) of the South Korean Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (translated version)
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ The site's official statement
- ↑ Related Radio Free Asia report (Korean)