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Twitter opened in the name of an individual belonging to Jo Pyeong-tong
Ministry of Unification “It is difficult to understand for the real operator”
The Twitter account is believed to be operated by the North Korean authorities. Twitter Capture
A personal North Korean account appeared on Twitter. In North Korea, where external contact is completely blocked, it is unusual for an individual other than the authorities to handle Twitter. It is noted that the North Korean authorities have recently promoted the system with YouTubers and are expanding the radius of cyber psychological warfare.
It was since last month that a Twitter account that introduced himself as Kim Myung-il, head of the Committee for Reunification and Peace of the Fatherland and Han Sung-il, director of the Korean Institute for National Unification, published a post about the regime. from North Korea. In the first post published on Twitter on the 1st of last month, Director Han Seong-il said, “I will bring news of the good news and North-South relations happening in Chosun (North Korea) and kindly share several common senses. like the culture and history of our nation. ” It’s going up.
All of these tweets have an “individual” name, but the content of the article is not much different from that of the existing North Korean propaganda outlets. Most of the content tries to promote the system or show internal solidarity, such as showing the results of the ’80 day battle’ in line with the VIII Party Congress next year. Regarding North Korea’s recent adoption of the anti-smoking law by emphasizing the harmfulness of smoking, Director Kim Myung-il said: “I am a smoker, but I am determined to quit smoking for the sake of health and a means clean environment “. .
The Twitter account is believed to be operated by the North Korean authorities. Twitter Capture
The North Korean Twitter activation appears to be a strategy to diversify the propaganda. Jo Pyeong-tong, who is a member of director Kim Myung-il and Han Sung-il, is a dedicated organization in North Korea and operates propaganda media such as “with our people”. North Korea, who recently put up a personal YouTuber with his real name (Eun-ah, Jin-hee, etc.) is interpreted as trying to reinforce the propaganda of the system in a familiar way through the watchdog ‘Twitter’.
However, the government was cautious. Unification Ministry spokesman Cho Hye-sil said in a briefing that day: “It is difficult to determine whether the Twitter account is operated by North Korea.” It is said that it is difficult to clearly determine whether the North Korean authorities are operating without a separate verification of the identity of the account operator at Twitter headquarters. There is an opinion that a little more observation is needed, as there is a possibility that someone has created an account posing as a North Korean executive.
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