North Korea has been in the news for its social media antics quite often lately -- it joined Twitter under the handle @uriminzok just last week, an account that was blocked yesterday by South Korea’s state-run Communications Standards Commission.
According to South Korean National Security Law, tweets from that account contain “illegal information." Said information basically amounts to Korean history, news items and links to videos found on the Uriminzokkiri YouTube page, as well as anti-Seoul and anti-U.S. statements from the Uriminzokkiri website. Now, the Twitter feed also features links to wall posts from its Facebook profile.
Oddly enough, North Korea has chosen to create a Facebook profile, rather than a Fan Page -- which means that it has more control over who its "Friends" are. Currently, the Profile has 65 friends, and features links to videos from its YouTube account, photos of the landscape and statements from the North's foreign ministry. According to Yahoo News, the "Write Something About Yourself" section of the profile reads: "A page that contains wishes of North Koreans, South Koreans and Koreans living abroad for unification, peace and prosperity." Also -- interestingly -- the Profile is "Male" and is interested in "Men" for "Networking."
South Korea has yet to block Facebook, which means curious parties can still read the messages that North Korea is putting out into the online world -- and in greater detail, too, since Facebook allows more than 140 characters.