North Korea has banned 200 of its nationals in Libya from returning home amid fears that they may import the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Hundreds more North Korean citizens, including construction workers and nurses throughout the Middle East, have also been told to stay put, according to South Korean media reported by the Independent.
The move is being seen as further evidence that the Kim Jong-il regime’s response to the string of Middle East revolutions has been to tighten the screws at home. The North’s government has recently strengthened control over mobile phones, computers and foreign popular culture which has for years been creeping into the country from the South, via China.
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