North Korea's Internet strategy and its political implications

Abstract

During recent years, the role of information technology in shaping politics and social movements in the digital age is drawing increasing scholarly attention. There is, however, little such literature on North Korea as the country remains almost completely cut off from the Internet. Since the mid-1990s, the DPRK government has strategically developed its information and communication technology and has subsequently built a domestic intranet. Although North Korea keeps a minimal presence on the web, there are signs that the country is taking small and cautious steps to allow some social elites to take advantage of the Internet in order to leapfrog its economic development. Indeed, a high-profile defector indicated that North Korea will most likely start allowing wider but limited internet access in the near future. This paper examines North Korea's intranet and Internet policies and explores their political implications by drawing upon first-hand data from Korean sources and existing literature as well as by juxtaposing the North Korean case with other communist regimes such as China and Cuba in terms of their attempts to control and manipulate the Internet. It shows that the DPRK government is likely to learn from the Chinese and Cuban experiences and adopt a ‘Mosquito-Net’ model in controlling the Internet in an effort to attract foreign investment while keeping out information deemed threatening by the regime.     

The Hermeneutics of Work: On Richard Sennett

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The paper attempts to situate Sennett philosophically by placing him in the tradition of ontological hermeneutics. This way of reading Sennett is justified not only by the core principles that govern Sennett's social anthropology, but is also useful for tracing the trajectory of Sennett's philosophically informed diagnoses of the times. These diagnoses focus on the role of work in shaping subjectivity. After reconstructing the basic conceptual shape of Sennett's diagnoses of the work-related maladies of the "old" and the "new" capitalism, the paper presents some broader reflections on the philosophical presuppositions of social criticism that takes its departure from the centrality of work.     

The Centrality of Work

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This article briefly presents some of the main features of the notion of "centrality of work" within the framework of the "psychodynamic" approach to work developed by Christophe Dejours. The paper argues that we should distinguish between at least four separate but related ways in which work can be said to be central: psychologically, in terms of gender relations, social-politically and epistemically.     

论刑法作为宪法的罚则及二者的关系模式

目前关于宪法和刑法关系的表述,是一种基于宪法文本的解读,没有论及当前的法律设计是否合理。宪法是法律世界的统领,为个人权利对抗刑罚权力提供平台,形成对刑法审视,并且贯穿定罪和量刑两大根本领域。具体而言,对宪法秩序的破坏是犯罪行为具有严重社会危害性的指针和标准;只有宪法才能说明刑罚的正当性来源于人民。因此,刑法是宪法的一种罚则,宪法在由精神、原则和规范所组成的框架内指引着刑法的创设和发展。     

基于ASEB栅格分析基础上的福州乡村旅游产品开发理念探讨

对于福州乡村旅游来说,如何借助自身的特色资源优势更好地开发旅游产品具有极大的现实意义.通过调研并对福州乡村旅游产品开发的ASEB栅格分析,发现其在旅游发展过程中主要存在如下问题：社会各界对乡村旅游的内涵、特点等了解不够全面,缺乏足够认识,观念和理念还比较落后;乡村旅游产品同质化现象比较严重;没有真正结合自身乡村旅游资源的特点进行有针对性的开发等问题.本文在分析基础上提出发挥政府的支持引导作用;完善乡村旅游发展规划;深挖乡村旅游文化内涵;丰富乡村旅游产品体系;加强乡村生态环境保护等福州乡村旅游产品的开发理念.     

检察机关服务基层长效机制建设研究

当前检察机关在服务联系基层工作中存在联系渠道传统、单一,缺乏沟通技巧以及群众工作能力与社会新形势不相适应等现实问题,而这导致了检察机关与基层之间存在一定程度的脱节,两者之间不能实现无缝衔接及有效互动,这在一定程度上损毁了检察机关执法公信力,进而成为制约检察工作科学发展的瓶颈。文章通过资料分析及实证研究等方法,建议从加强沟通的平台建设以畅通群众诉求、加强群众工作能力建设以提高服务水平等方面建立服务基层的长效机制。     

中国特色社会主义理论体系的特性分析

中国特色社会主义理论作为马克思主义中国化第二次飞跃所产生的一项重要理论成果,是指导我国社会主义现代化建设的行动指南。十一届三中全会到十八大的胜利召开,中国特色社会主义理论体系经历了一个不断发展和创新的过程。具有中国特色的社会主义理论体系本身的特性主要有:鲜明的阶级民族性、紧密的历史连续性、严密的结构整体性、鲜活的现实时代性和灵活的发展创新性。这个体系是坚持中国特色社会主义制度,走中国特色社会主义道路,最终实现中国特色社会主义的行动指南。     

试析中国特色社会主义文化的先进性和人民性

文化有先进与落后之分,必须通过生产力、社会进步、人的发展等标准加以评判。同时,处于一定社会阶段的文化是特定阶级或阶层根本利益的观念反映,具有一定的阶级属性。中国特色社会主义文化既推动着我国社会主义初级阶段经济社会的全面进步,是当代中国的先进文化,又是从群众来、到群众中去、推劫人的全面发展的人民大众的文化,是先进性与人民性的统一。     

浅析公民参与和公共管理的实现

公民参与是公民试图影响公共政策和公共生活的一切活动。它是现代公共管理不可或缺的重要环节,是促使公共部门实现其公共责任和良好治理的一个重要手段。广泛的公民参与是国家民主政治建设的重要内容,也是公共政策制定的基石。因此,要采取一些积极的措施,为公民参与扫清障碍,拓宽公民参与的途径。     

试析拉美左翼政治与拉美宗教社会主义思潮

拉丁美洲从来都是一个思潮多元的地区,哥伦布发现美洲大地后又带来了基督教的思想,基督教从此生根发芽壮大,从维护统治阶级的工具到帮助穷人谋利益的利器。从拉美的解放神学再到现今拉美左翼领导人的宗教思想,这期间的进化过程意味着革命向广度和深度发展。马克思在19世纪认为宗教是反动势力、愚昧主义和保守主义的堡垒。这一论断在很大程度上是一个完全正确的命题,然而拉美的左翼思潮在新时代背景下又略有不同。对于我国目前宗教发展现状与趋势而言,如何科学而合理管理宗教,做到与时俱进是我国社会主义建设过程中必须面对的一个重要命题。