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NEWS and REPORTS => World News => Topic started by: NewsCaster on Jan 10, 2013, 04:30 AM

Title: Google Earth helps put N. Korea gulag system on map
Post by: NewsCaster on Jan 10, 2013, 04:30 AM
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's visit to North Korea this week has been met with sharp criticism and low expectations, but the global Internet search giant indirectly is helping to make history by revealing one of the reclusive country's darkest secrets, say human rights activists. Google Earth, the company's popular satellite imagery product, might be the last thing Schmidt will want to showcase for his hosts, because it presents a bird's eye view of many things that secretive North Korea wants to keep hidden.



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