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03	April 2018

Noth Korea has been renewing its propaganda strategies

Over the last three years Air Jordan 10 For Sale Online , a North Korean account has uploaded more than 14,000 videos to Chinese video sharing site youku

North Korea only has 28 domestic websites on the Internet, but more are registered on servers in China and other countries

Noth Korea has been renewing its propaganda strategies, but has been far from successful

A propaganda troupe perform in Pyongyang on December 15, 2016. Photo: CFP

Youku, China's biggest online video sharing website, has allegedly become the latest addition to the North Korean authorities' range of overseas online platforms used to spread propaganda materials in an effort to improve the image of North Korea around the world.

On youku, UriminzokkiriTV Air Jordan 12 For Sale Online , an account run by North Korean propaganda website uriminzokkiri, has uploaded over 14,000 videos in the three years since the account was first registered.

Uriminzokkiri, literally "our nation itself," was established in around 2010, carrying news stories from the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and other North Korean newspapers. It has also been distributing information and videos - all in Korean - on US social media and video websites YouTube, Facebook and Twitter since 2010.

Lü Chao, a research fellow at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Air Jordan 11 For Sale Online , told the Global Times that he believes the website is run by the North Korean government and represents its view, while having less official color than the KCNA itself.

"There are no other explanations except that they're trying to show their presence, and they want to let the world know that they're active," he said.

After uploading its first video on youku on August 29, 2013, it has been uploading videos at a rate of about a dozen videos per day, with content ranging from North Korean films, television dramas Air Jordan 1 For Sale Online , news clips and gala performances.

Farmers in Sinuiju, North Korea, prepare sacks of grain to be shipped by barge on the Yalu River as armed soldiers stand guard. Photo: Li HaoGT

An old man walks in front of a statue of the People's Volunteer Army near the Dandong Broken Bridge Scenic Area. Photo: Li HaoGT

Full of positive energy

On uriminzokkiri, the logo of youku now appears alongside that of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and others, showing that the videos on youku are uploaded by uriminzokkiri's staff.

However, without Chinese subtitles or even titles Air Jordan For Sale Online , the viewership of most of these Korean-language videos on youku is limited. Altogether, the videos have been viewed 3.43 million times - about 250 views per video - while on YouTube, the channel has gained a total of 17 million views.

The account's most popular videos are recordings of its evening galas or performances. A recording of its 1.5-hour gala held for last year's International Women's Day, for example, garnered 99,000 views, topping its most viewed list. Other popular videos include performances by the Moranbong Band, an all-women music group Jordan 10 For Sale Online , and acrobatic performances.

The comment section of these videos are divided, with many praising the artistic skills and talents of North Korean singers and dancers. "What a loyal country, full of positive energy," one user commented under a video of a Moranbong Band concert.

But others are obviously skeptical of the videos. "Acrobatics is the most inhuman form of art, they should stop it," one user commented.

Media reported that Facebook deleted uriminzokkiri's account in 2010, citing a "violation of terms of use," but the website's account soon reappeared on the site. As of now Jordan 12 For Sale Online , youku hasn't taken any measures against the North Korean account.

So far, it's unclear whether youku is the only Chinese video or social media site with North Korean presence. On China's microblogging site weibo, an account called "Pyongyang time" publishes Chinese translations of KCNA news stories on a daily basis, and occasionally interacts with followers using the persona of a North Korean. The account isn't verified, and is more likely run by someone interested in North Korea.

Some Chinese users interested in North Korea have moved North Korea's propaganda films on Bilibili, China's video-sharing website that features the"bullet-screen" function, where users can write comments that float across the screen simultaneously. But apparently, the films are not taken seriously. A documentary about the successful launch of the Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite Jordan 11 For Sale Online , for example, is viewed more as a comedy than a serious film, with most of the comments being sarcastic.

A tourist stands by a bridge connecting Chinese and North Korean border cities. Photo: Cui MengGT

One can see North Korean towns clearly from the Chinese side. Photo: Cui MengGT

Targeted audience

According to Internet traffic monitoring site alexa, 76.2 percent of uriminzokkiri visitors come from China.

A search for the online IP address of uriminzokkiri reveals that the website is registered in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, under China's State-owned telecommunications operator China Unicom.

It isn't the only North Korean website registered in China. The Global Times reporter changed the last number of its IP address to adjacent numbers and found eight other North Korean websites all registered in Shenyang, China. They include the website of North Korean radio station "Echo of Unification" (tongilvoice), news website DPRK today (DPRKtoday) Jordan 1 For Sale Online , a travel agency website for tours of Mount Geumgang (tour-kumgangsan), and Our Nation School, a website that promotes Juche, the official ideology of North Korea (ournation-school).

Experts say they are unclear exactly how many North Korean propaganda websites are registered in China, but said North Korea's lack of Internet infrastructure

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