There are two KCNA web pages. The older one is run by the Chongryun in Japan (here). The newer one is managed by the Korea Computer Center (KCC). This newer web page was recently updated. It went off line a few days ago and emerged today with a different format. You can see a screen shot above.
The URL is slightly different. The previous version of the KCC’s KCNA web page was http://www.kcna.kp/kor. The new one is simply http://www.kcna.kp. The default language is Korean, but if you can read a little Korean, you can find the language settings and change the language to:
English: http://www.kcna.kp/goHome.do?lang=eng
Spanish: http://www.kcna.kp/goHome.do?lang=spa
Japanese: http://www.kcna.kp/goHome.do?lang=jpn
Another great change has been the addition of a reasonably functional search bar. The older Chongryun KCNA web page has no search function (Hooray for the Stalin Search Engine). The previous version of the KCC’s KCNA web page contained a search bar that was too small to type “Kim Jong il”. Now you can do a search for “The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong il”–which produces one result.
No doubt Martyn Williams will have more to say about this page when the sun gets to his side of the planet. Today he reports on the launch of the DPRK’s new Voice of Korea web page.
Below are some recent posts on the DPRK’s moves to the internet:
KCNA re-launched on DPRK-owned IP address
Hackers find creative way to celebrate KJU birthday
DPRK organization opens Twitter account
Naenara, TaeMun, and KCNA get new URLs
Martyn William’s list of DPRK web pages
