According to Global Media News (2012), North Korea is one of the nations in which censorship is largely practiced. There are various ways through which this censorship has been applied. One of the areas that have been censored is the media. Global Media News (2012) observes that “only 10% of the radios and 30% of the televisions are in private households.” This indicates that most of the people are blocked from information; they cannot access it, and this is used as a means to annihilate their rights. Furthermore, the TV and radio stations are under the control of the government. They can only broadcast what is approved by the government of Kim-Jung. As such, they are used as objects of spreading the government propaganda. Zoller (2006) also airs the same sentiments, where he argues that in North Korea, the internet is just for the select few.
This censorship of information has affected the US because this is a country that believes in democracy. As such, denying the people the right to information can count as going against the rights of the people. In a bid to correct the situation, the US has also restricted its internet coverage to N. Korea and other 5 countries. In 2010, the US complied with the Export Administration (EAR) by restricting the access to software such as Google Code, Fedora, and Source forge (Notepad Plus, 2012). This was in a bid to make Korea identify what deregulate its censorship.
References
Global Media News. (2012). North Korea Censorship. Retrieved on 24th Nov. 2012 from
Notepad Plus. (2012). SOPA Stalled, USA Internet Censorship Continues. Retrieved on 25th Nov. 2012 from
Zeller, T. (2006). In North Korea, the Internet is only for a Few. Technology and Media, International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on 24th Nov. 2012 from
