North Korea: North Korea’s Alledged Flicker Account

North Korea: North Korea's Alledged Flicker Account

Posted 11 October 2010 12:14 GMT

Countries	South Korea, North Korea
Topics	Human Rights, Technology, War & Conflict, Politics, Media & Journalism
Languages	Korean, English

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South Korea

The world's most reclusive states, North Korea is believed to have open a Flicker account and uploaded 26 photos of the regime's propaganda events, Yonhap reported on North Korea's alledged Flicker account [ko]. The fact has not been confirmed yet by the government or other media outlets.

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