FYI.

This story is over 5 years old.

Tech

Kim Jong-il Totally Loved the Internet

In fact, he was an "Internet expert."
Janus Rose
New York, US

The late Kim Jong-il bestowed upon himself many extravagant titles during his bizarre, iron-clad rule over North Korea. But here’s one that’s particularly interesting in light of the recent SOPA debate – “Internet expert.”

The DPRK’s Dear Leader fancied himself as such during an international summit in 2007. Seven years prior, he had asked U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright for her email address, indicating that the North Korean internet black hole was perhaps not as thoroughly opaque as we made it out to be — at least not for those at the top.

Read the rest at Motherboard.