Instagram banned

Warnings are appearing on Instagram accounts in North Korea that claim access to the popular photosharing app is being denied and the site blacklisted for harmful content.

Opening the app with mobile devices on the North Korean carrier Koryolink has resulted in a notification in English saying: “Warning! You can’t connect to this website because it’s in blacklist site.”

A similar notice in Korean says the site contains harmful content, though that is not mentioned in the English version.