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North Korea Faces Nationwide Internet Blackout: Researcher Reveals

6/8/2025

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North Korea is grappling with a major internet blackout, attributed to internal problems rather than foreign cyberattacks, as revealed by UK researcher Junade Ali. This disruption has rendered the nation’s entire internet infrastructure inactive, cutting off access to government websites and impacting the limited global internet access enjoyed by its 25 million citizens, who primarily rely on a monitored intranet.

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North Korea is grappling with a major internet blackout, attributed to internal problems rather than foreign cyberattacks, as revealed by UK researcher Junade Ali. This disruption has rendered the nation’s entire internet infrastructure inactive, cutting off access to government websites and impacting the limited global internet access enjoyed by its 25 million citizens, who primarily rely on a monitored intranet.