Growing up in North Korea, Kang Na-ra had never used the internet. Even the privileged few of her compatriots who were allowed smartphones could access only the nation’s tightly restricted intranet.

The young woman rifles through a fridge of popsicles, pulling out several to show the camera. “This is milk flavor – the picture is so cute,” she says in English, pointing to the cartoon packaging ...

North Korea is famous for operating propaganda websites on an industrial scale. It is understood that North Korea currently operates more than 160 propaganda sites. These include news and tourism ...

YouTube opened a Korean-language version site Wednesday, joining the already jam-packed video-sharing Web service market in Korea. The Korean YouTube site faces a ...

UPDATE: Jan. 25, 2017, 1:45 p.m. SGT This piece has been updated with comments from Google and Truszkowski, whose channel was reinstated after this article ran. YouTube has done it again. Two channels ...

SEOUL, June 27 (Reuters) - Three YouTube channels seen as linked to North Korea's state media have been taken down, a spokesperson for the U.S. video hosting site said on Tuesday, after South Korean ...

When YouTube launched its Korean-language service on Jan. 23, 2008, it entered a nation ready to embrace it — and be transformed. Seventeen years later, South Korea has become one of the most ...

With her bookshelf crammed with Harry Potter books, her teddy bears and pigtails, Song A looks like any other little girl. But this 11-year-old is the latest social media star to emerge from a brutal ...

To the accompaniment of jangly guitars, a woman wearing glasses, short hair and a red overcoat shows off the landmarks of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. "Every building in Pyongyang is going ...

US tech giant Google is under scrutiny in Korea for its selective pricing plans for YouTube Premium users here, charging them significantly higher fees than users in other countries. According to ...

Earlier this week, Google released revenue figures for YouTube for the first time in the product’s history, revealing that the video service pulled in $15.1 billion in advertising revenues in 2019.