North Korea News Site Purges 95% of Digital Archive

Judging by the Korean Central News Agency's website, almost no news occurred prior to Oct. 1, 2013.

The North Korean state-run news organization has deleted 95% of its digital archive, including all but seven of its articles that predate Oct. 1. The purge comes just days after KCNA announced the execution of Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong Un's uncle, believed to be the second-most powerful man in the country.

More than 35,000 articles from September and earlier have suddenly gone missing, according to NK News, a privately-owned site based in Washington, D.C Read more...