Originally Posted by
Ken Cheng
Of all the Communist governments that have existed in the world, none has been as successful or complete as North Korea's in maintaining absolute control over information and knowledge within its jurisdiction: the Soviet Union, its satellite Eastern European nations during the Cold War, the PRC (China), Cuba, etc....they *all* eventually gave in and allowed some extent of (kind of, sort of, not really) free expression (to varying results). North Korea, however, has been absolutely airtight in this aspect (which goes a long way to explaining its longevity).