North Korea hit by internet outage, likely due to internal cause

Websites of main official news services, Foreign Ministry temporarily inaccessible

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leads a party meeting on strengthening the military in this handout picture released on May 30. (KCNA via Reuters)

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea's internet was hit by a major outage that lasted several hours on Saturday, knocking off connections to government websites and official news services, and severing the reclusive country from cyberspace.

It was not clear what caused the outage, but an internal situation rather than a cyberattack might be to blame as connections via China and Russia were affected, said researchers who monitor North Korea's internet and technology infrastructure.

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