http://allthingsd.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:31:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 http://allthingsd.com/20100810/north-korea-opens-youtube-account-posts-viral-propaganda-videos/ http://allthingsd.com/20100810/north-korea-opens-youtube-account-posts-viral-propaganda-videos/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:06:07 +0000 Voices http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=28117 North Korea is apparently stepping up its Internet propaganda game by posting videos on YouTube. According to AFP, 11 clips were found today under a YouTube account with the username uriminzokkiri. The clips praise the communist state and call its leader, Kim Jong Il, a “general sent from the heaven.” They also further the country’s propaganda offensive during a multinational investigation into its alleged March sinking of a South Korean warship.

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