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North Korea Did Not Spend $15 Developing Their Website

Chad O'Carroll April 30, 2012
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UPDATE  01 MAY NOON: Wired.com have now corrected and amended the original article. Thanks to Editor Noah for taking the time to do so.

UPDATE 30 APRIL 2 1.55PM EST: Please retweet this article and help correct the torrent of articles now repeating the original and false Wired.com one!

UPDATE 30 APRIL 10:30AM EST: Just as the norm for “bizarre” stories on North Korea, this Wired.com piece has now been reproduced in differing forms by a number of other reputable news websites : LA Times, Mashable, Slate and many more. After the first “reputable” website runs a story

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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