North Korea's propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account, hot on the heals of its foray into video with clips posted on YouTube.
The secretive regime has begun micro-blogging under the number of posts pointing its few dozen followers to anti-seoul and anti-US statements on the country's web site (http://www,uriminzokkiri.com).
South Korea has blocked the site and few in North have access even to a computer. One tweet dismissed accusations that a North Korean torpedo sank a South Korean warship in March. Another criticised US-led sanctions on North Korea and lran.
Tensions on the peninsula have risen sharply since late May when south Korea and the US, citing a multinational investigation, accused the North of attacking a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, near the contested border.
The North vehemently denies involvement in the incident. Last month it opened an account with YouTube up-loading video clips which praised leader Kim Jong-Il and denying its role in the sinking.
Meanwhile, The US and South Korean militaries will stage their second joint exercise in less than a month from Monday, fuelling tensions with the prickly North and angering china.
The annual exercise comes a week after Seoul completed its own drills near a disputed maritime border off the west coast that prompted the North to retaliate by firing a barrage of artillery shells.
The reclusive North said the latest exercise was a "dangerous act to light the fuse of a new war".
Pyongyang has often turned to sabre-rattling to make a point but analysts say it is unlikely to risk a full-blown war. But US officials have said further provocations by the North are possible, especially as Pyongyang tries to build political momentum for the succession to leader Kim Jong-il, expected to hand power to his youngest son.
The secretive regime has begun micro-blogging under the number of posts pointing its few dozen followers to anti-seoul and anti-US statements on the country's web site (http://www,uriminzokkiri.com).
South Korea has blocked the site and few in North have access even to a computer. One tweet dismissed accusations that a North Korean torpedo sank a South Korean warship in March. Another criticised US-led sanctions on North Korea and lran.
Tensions on the peninsula have risen sharply since late May when south Korea and the US, citing a multinational investigation, accused the North of attacking a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, near the contested border.
The North vehemently denies involvement in the incident. Last month it opened an account with YouTube up-loading video clips which praised leader Kim Jong-Il and denying its role in the sinking.
Meanwhile, The US and South Korean militaries will stage their second joint exercise in less than a month from Monday, fuelling tensions with the prickly North and angering china.
The annual exercise comes a week after Seoul completed its own drills near a disputed maritime border off the west coast that prompted the North to retaliate by firing a barrage of artillery shells.
The reclusive North said the latest exercise was a "dangerous act to light the fuse of a new war".
Pyongyang has often turned to sabre-rattling to make a point but analysts say it is unlikely to risk a full-blown war. But US officials have said further provocations by the North are possible, especially as Pyongyang tries to build political momentum for the succession to leader Kim Jong-il, expected to hand power to his youngest son.
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