[7][8] According to Williams, he was inspired to start the blog after a 15-year stint as a Tokyo-based correspondent for IDG News Service during which he observed the growing "wealth, knowledge and prosperity gap between North and South Korea."
[4] The site has covered North Korean cell phones, satellites, internet domains, operating systems, missile technology, and online TV services.
Williams appealed the ban, saying the site "doesn't seek to glorify or support North Korea".
Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation stated that "The blocking of North Korea Tech is, on face, an overbroad application of a law that in itself is in direct contrast to the principle of freedom of expression".
[15] An appeal of the ban was successful in 2017 with legal assistance from Open Net Korea.