【英语国际】朝鲜指责韩国屏蔽朝鲜网络宣传内容

North Korea doesn't let its citizens have computers or access to the Internet. But that hasn't stopped it from complaining about South Korea's attempts to block North Korean propaganda videos on YouTube and messages on Facebook and Twitter.

Uriminzokkiri, a North Korea-affiliated Web site run from a bank in Shenyang, China, has garnered worldwide headlines over the past month as it began using prominent social networking tools to draw more attention to its content, which routinely praises the North's authoritarian regime and lambastes the U.S., South Korea and Japan.

South Korea's government, which for decades has controlled mail, phone and other communication with the North, extended its oversight to Uriminzokkiri's new accounts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. That prompted the website to post a notice on Saturday criticizing Seoul for censorship, without mentioning that Pyongyang engages in much more far-reaching censorship.

'It is clear that the Lee Myung-bak administration is a group of traitors against unification, and does not want to improve inter-Korean relations or even wish for dialogue and cooperation,' Uriminzokkiri said, citing the name of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

Since nearly all of the content on the Web site is in the Korean language, officials in South Korea believe it is mainly targeted at South Koreans.

The Korea Communications Commission, which governs telecommunications in South Korea, says the Uriminzokkiri Web site has 'content that praises, promotes and glorifies' the North and has 'illegal information' as defined by the South's National Security Law.

Evan Ramstad

朝鲜禁止其公民拥有电脑或上网。不过，这并不能阻止朝鲜指责韩国企图屏蔽朝鲜在YouTube上的宣传视频以及在Facebook和Twitter上的宣传言论。

中国沈阳一家银行运营的朝鲜关联网站Uriminzokkiri开始利用主要社交网站工具来吸引用户对其内容的更多关注，过去一个月吸引了全球的注意力。该网站经常颂扬朝鲜的专权制度，同时抨击美国、韩国和日本。

韩国政府数十年来一直控制与朝鲜的信件、电话和其他通讯往来，如今又将监管范围扩大到Uriminzokkiri在YouTube、Facebook和Twitter上的新帐户。此举促使该网站于上周六发出通知，批评首尔的审查行为，而不提平壤进行的审查范围更广。

Uriminzokkiri说，很明显，李明博政府是一群反对统一的叛徒，他们不希望改善朝韩关系，甚至不希望对话和合作。

由于该网站上几乎所有的内容都是朝鲜文，韩国官员认为网站主要针对的是韩国人。

韩国电信监管部门韩国通讯委员会(Korea Communications Commission)说，Uriminzokkiri网站有赞扬、宣传和美化朝鲜的内容，以及韩国《国家安全法》(National Security Law)中定义的非法信息。

Evan Ramstad