Asia
ONI Blog: North Korea and the internet: Weird but wired (The Economist)
As a recent piece in The Economist discusses, the Internet -- or more accurately, the intranet -- in North Korea is proving useful in some surprising ways. ...
- Posted on 22/Feb/2007; tagged in North Korea, Asia
ONI Blog: Chinese lawyers protest censorship of blog posts
Four Chinese lawyers have submitted an open letter to Sina.com, protesting the deletion of blog posts by portal administrators and calling for an explanation. Rebecca MacKinnon has posted the letter (translated by Roland Soong) and her commentary on...
ONI Blog: China's Hu vows to 'purify' Internet (Reuters)
BEIJING (Reuters) - "Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has vowed to 'purify' the Internet, state media reported on [Jan. 24], describing a top-level meeting that discussed ways to master the country's sprawling, unruly online population."
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ONI Blog: Internet policing in Burma stepped up (Mizzima News)
Mizzima News reports that the ruling junta has expanded the list of banned proxy sites in Burma, stifling access to free email, messengers, and other forms of web-based communication. ...
ONI Blog: Straits Times: Malaysia considering laws to rein in errant bloggers
The Straits Times reports: "Malaysia may introduce tough Internet laws to control bloggers and prevent them from spreading 'disharmony, chaos, seditious material and lies' on their websites."
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ONI Blog: The Boston Globe: Chinese cut off from Wikipedia
Restored access to the Chinese-language version of Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived, reports The Boston Globe. ...
ONI Blog: The New York Times: China lifts Wikipedia ban, but some topics remain blocked
The Chinese-language version of Wikipedia is no longer blocked but remains filtered, reports Noam Cohen of The New York Times. The move comes almost one month after Beijing lifted the ban on the English-language version of the online...
ONI Blog: China: Web censorship report groundless
BEIJING (AP) - "The Chinese government said Wednesday that accusations by a press freedom group that it was one of the worst culprits of systematic online censorship were "groundless" and that its citizens could freely access the Internet."
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ONI Blog: Thai Rak Thai Party asks supporters to criticize government on website
After having its website (www.thairakthai.or.th) blocked and restored in the wake of the Thai coup, the ousted Thai Rak Thai Party is creating a blog on the site and calling on its supporters to "air their frustrations about the...
ONI Blog: The Boston Globe: Vietnam's new dissidents thrive via Internet
Matt Steinglass of The Boston Globe sees blogs and Internet chats as facilitating the political activities of dissidents in Vietnam and fueling the push for democracy. See full story.
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