Archive · 7 Jun 2025
North Korea Experiences Internet Outage; Services Disrupted
Imagine North Korea's internet had a problem on Saturday, June 7.
Many important websites, like those for the government and news, went down, meaning people couldn't get online.
Even connections to other countries like China and Russia stopped working.
Experts think it was a problem inside North Korea, not someone attacking them.
The airline's website was also affected.
It is still unclear what caused it but service slowly returned later in the day.
North Korea experienced a major internet outage on Saturday.
Government websites and official news services were inaccessible.
The outage disrupted connections through China and Russia.
Researchers suggest the issue was likely internal.
Key websites, including the national airline, were affected.
- Who
- North Korea
- What
- Major internet outage
- When
- June 7
- Where
- North Korea
- Why
- Likely internal issue; cause unknown
- Affected Services
- Government websites and official news services
- Connections Impacted
- China and Russia connections affected
- Sources
- UK-based researcher; Martyn Williams (Stimson Center)
- Possible Cause
- Internal issue suspected
- Date of Outage
- June 7
- Other Services Affected
- Air Koryo (national airline)
