The Internet dilemma and control policy: political and economic implications of the Internet in North Korea
The Internet dilemma and control policy: political and economic implications of the Internet in North Korea
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互联网困境与控制政策:朝鲜互联网的政治和经济影响
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2009
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Seungkwon Jang
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Kyungmin Ko;Heejin Lee;Seungkwon Jang
Abstract The Internet poses a “dilemma” to authoritarian countries. While it can bring economic dynamism to a country, it can also cause political destabilization by enabling economic and political information to flow freely beyond governmental control. Internet policies vary from country to country depending upon their own strategies, their level of economic development and international politics. This paper discusses and examines political and economic implications of the Internet in North Korea in relation to theories and notions of the Internet dilemma and control policy in authoritarian regimes. North Korea cannot move drastically from its restrictive and reactive Internet policy to a proactive policy unless there are radical changes of the regime with regard to international relations and economic development. It is expected that North Korea will gradually experiment building and using an intranet internally, and increase the level of Internet opening while arranging technological and institutional ...