List of North Korean websites banned in South Korea

As of 2010[update], there are 65 North Korean-run and pro-North Korean websites blocked in South Korea.

[2] Blocking is based on the National Security Act, and coordinated by the Korea Communications Standards Commission, which also engages in Internet surveillance.

[5] South Korean law imposes punishments up to seven years of imprisonment for attempting to access blocked sites.

[3] Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and web caches of search engines are not blocked and include copies of North Korean websites.

[1] Twitter, however, has proven impractical to censor because retweets of North Korean tweets by other users are not blocked.

Korea News Service in Japan carries articles of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and is blocked in South Korea.