Nearly All North Korean Websites Go Offline in Mysterious Outage
Analysts said the outage hit more than 40 official .kp sites and North Korea’s email server, with intermittent connectivity lasting about 10 minutes.
- More than 40 North Korean official sites, including the Korean Central News Agency , remain largely offline following a massive outage that began on Tuesday around 11 a.m. KST.
- According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, multiple websites faced simultaneous disruptions; analysts suggest issues within North Korea's Ryugyong-dong network, which historically routes internet traffic through China.
- State media outlets Rodong Sinmun and Minju Joson, plus the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Air Koryo, remained largely inaccessible; KCNA was offline 19 out of 24 hours after the initial outage, per Pingdom data.
- Limited access to state portals created information barriers for those seeking news of Kim's recent visit to a garment and footwear expo, as most sites stayed down over 24 hours.
- The cause remains unclear—whether maintenance, external attack, or technical failure—though similar disruptions occurred in 2014 and 2022 when activist hackers including P4x targeted North Korea's limited internet infrastructure.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon Bo-ram = It appears that the mass access disruptions to the websites of major North Korean media and institutions have been resolved after about 32 hours.
North Korean websites hit by intermittent outages, analysts say
Suspension cuts off outside access to North Korean state media, official portals
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