North Korea is situated in East Asia
and has distanced itself from rest of the world. There are many disputed acts
of North Korea
like Ballistic Missiles. Now there is news that A Facebook clone has been
launched in North Korea.
It is hosted at starcon.net.kp. It is a feature rich clone and PhpDolphin has
been used as development tool. It includes news feed, messaging, personal
spaces etc. The advertising source
chosen is Twitter and tweeter feed are being used to ask people to start using
this new app.
It is also
rumored that it is the project of North Korea Star telecom Service and was not intended
to be accessible from outside. Almost 300 accounts have been setup. The site
was first spotted by a researcher at network management firm.
Update: The
website has been hacked and goes offline.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36416970
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