To tweet or not to tweet

You may have noticed that I'm trying something a little different starting today. I've decided to actually use my Twitter feed for something other than snarky remarks mocking those who tweet what they're doing 18.9 times an hour.

Now, in lieu of the Loose Change posts I haven't had time to put together lately, I've decided to take more significant articles that aren't "news" that would fit into the Daily Kor and don't necessarily warrant a full-blown post of their own, and instead tweet them. My Twitter feed is found here, I think.

In some cases, the tweeted items may get their own post later, if/when I have time. Kushibo is quite busy these days with family matters, schoolwork, and work items that pop up here and there.

Any suggestions from my readers are most welcome. I'm still putting out feelers about how to put Twitter and Facebook to good use, the latter of which provides me a bunch of hits but which I have come to loathe for how they insinuate themselves into our lives and shatter our privacy.

North Korea in a twitter over South Korea blocking Twitter

Tweet this, mofos:

South Korea’s government, which for decades has controlled mail, phone and other communication with the North, extended its oversight to Uriminzokkiri’s new accounts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. That prompted the website to post a notice on Saturday criticizing Seoul for censorship, without mentioning that Pyongyang engages in much more far-reaching censorship.

“It is clear that the Lee Myung-bak administration is a group of traitors against unification, and does not want to improve inter-Korean relations or even wish for dialogue and cooperation,” Uriminzokkiri said, citing the name of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

Poor North Korea. Now it's only Facebook friend will be its mom.

Friend Kim Jong-il

His country's on Facebook. Right here.
Unless you're in South Korea.

I wonder if he's into Farmville.

Don't take the red pill

We all now know that North Korea is on Twitter. But did you know that if you're in South Korea you could be face prosecution if you tweet back? Now you do:

South Korea warned its citizens against commenting on Twitter Inc. messages posted by a suspected North Korean account, saying doing so may break laws banning communication with its communist neighbor.

“People would have to bear in mind that they could be violating the law when they tweet with the account if it is confirmed to be a North Korean one,” Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong Joo told reporters today in Seoul. The government is investigating the suspected accounts on Twitter and Google Inc.’s YouTube site, she said, without elaborating.

Messages condemning South Korea and the U.S. have been posted on Twitter since Aug. 12 under the name “uriminzok,” meaning “our people,” with links to a website run by the North’s state-run Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea. A YouTube account with a similar name opened on July 14 linked to the same site, which is banned in South Korea.

Well, that sucks. I was all set to friend Kim Jong-un.

North Korea is now on Twitter

Yep. And here's the direct link.

You just know Robert Park is kicking himself for having gone to North Korea before the DPRK officially started tweeting, because he could have put that whole "Respect human rights and step down from your position, Kim Jong-il" message into 140 characters or less and saved himself a whole lot of trouble.

I will say, though, I dread the eventual message I get that reads, "Kushibo, North Korea is now following you on Twitter." That is, if it isn't happening already.