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I wonder if they have a module BigKimJongUn.js or just cnp that function about the place. And what browser do they have? So many questions...


Red Star (the OS used on many North Koran PCs) is a Linux distro running KDE3.x and skinned to look like Windows XP.

It's been a while since I've seen any leaked demos of it, but I seem to recall it supporting / running MS Office via WINE. But I might be wrong on that.

[edit] I think I'm mistaken about MS Office. Glancing through some Russian blogs, it looks like it's Open Office. But due to the XP skinning efforts, it looks very much like MS Office: http://ashen-rus.livejournal.com/4300.html


This article seems to provide Red Star donwload links (untested) http://www.openingupnorthkorea.com/archives/325


Looking at, http://www.naenara.com.kp/en/periodic/times/index.php?conten..., it's actually just a

"The readers will be aware of the might of the DPRK that is advancing bravely towards world standard, united single-mindedly around <font style="FONT-SIZE: 17px">Kim Jong Un</font>, supreme leader of the WPK"

Looking at the rest of the code, it seems North Korea has no need for our inferior capitalist stylesheets and favours inline styles. Who knew?!


In the article it says they have a rebranded version of Firefox called Naenara.


And Naenara, or 내나라, means "my country". It's also the name of the official web portal of the DPRK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naenara


I quickly put one together. http://mgakashim.com/405/kim-jong-un


I’ve tried to adapt your code snippet into an UserScript: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/154080

It works OK, but I’ve run into a problem with textareas: if a textarea contains the name of the Great Leader, after script executes, the name in textarea is simply deleted.

Maybe you have an idea how this can be fixed?

P.S. By the way, you should consider installing the snippet yourself on your site: unfortunately, your page doesn’t follow the proper typographic rules! :(


Check out the jQuery Highlight Plugin. It does the job in a neater fashion and should be easier to implement. http://bartaz.github.com/sandbox.js/jquery.highlight.html




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