VOA: N. Korea Jams GPS, Blocks VOA, Twitter, Facebook, Other Media
SEOUL—North Korea has begun jamming GPS signals in South Korea, affecting some communications and navigation systems, and it also said Friday it is blocking a number of popular websites.
Government officials in Seoul said North Korea should immediately cease its "dangerous and reckless" jamming activity.
Many computer networks and software programs rely on signals sent from the worldwide network of global-positioning satellites. North Korea has been sending signals from ground-based transmitters on frequencies overlapping those used by GPS satellites, so the jamming did not cause any significant, widespread effect.
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