North Korean government uses social media

The North Korean government has opened accounts on microblogging site Twitter and the video sharing site Youtube

According to Yonhap, the twitter account uriminzok translates as "our nation" in Korean.

Most of the tweets contain links to statements or interviews denouncing the United States and South Korea.

So far, the uriminzok Twitter account is followed by almost 8,000 people, but it is not following anyone itself.

The uriminzokkiri Youtube account contains over a hundred North Korean news broadcasts and propaganda videos. The account has 978 subscribers.

Yonhap also reports that North Korea is believed to have set up a unit dedicated to hacking foreign websites.

South Korea has set up a cyber defense command to deal with any hacks from North Korea.

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