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
Seungkwon Jang
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Kyungmin Ko;Heejin Lee;Seungkwon Jang

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互联网给威权国家带来了一个“两难”的境地。虽然它可以给一个国家带来经济活力,但它也可能造成政治不稳定,因为它使经济和政治信息能够在政府控制之外自由流动。各国的互联网政策各不相同,取决于本国的战略、经济发展水平和国际政治。本文讨论和审查互联网在朝鲜的政治和经济影响,在专制政权的互联网困境和控制政策的理论和概念。除非朝鲜政权在国际关系和经济发展方面发生根本性变化,否则朝鲜无法从限制性和反应性的互联网政策大幅转变为积极主动的政策。预计朝鲜将在内部逐步试验建设和使用内联网,提高互联网开放水平,同时安排技术和制度建设。
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 ...