===Censorship===
The North Korean government-which controls and owns all [[mainstream media|media]] and news outlets within its boundaries-censors information going into and out of the country. Television sets and radios distributed within North Korea are set to only allow watching and listening to state controlled programming. <refname=cjfe>https://cjfe.org/resources/features/north-korea-exposed-censorship-world’s-most-secretive-state</ref> The non-governmental organization Freedom House has rated the regime as "not free" and labeled it as "repressive", due to its censorship of information within its borders. <ref>https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2013/north-korea#.VJn5qaANAA</ref> Within North Korea, access to the internet is limited to a select few people. <ref name=cjfe/>Other residents of North Korea who are privileged enough to have access to computers can only access a local intranet called Kwangmyong, meaning "bright". Content hosted on the Kwangmyong is tightly restricted, and the email and chatrooms on it are monitored.<ref>http://globalnews.ca/news/1124882/surfing-the-intranet-north-koreas-authoritarian-alternative-to-the-world-wide-web/</ref>
===Foreign Relations===