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North Korea: N. Korea's Twitter account apparently hacked on successor's birthday.

Thai Press Reports

| January 11, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Thai News Services. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Section: General News - North Korea's Twitter account was apparently hacked with a string of tweets derogatory of leader Kim Jong-il and his heir Kim Jong-un on Saturday, the birthday of the hereditary successor.

The four most recent feeds posted in the morning accused the Kims of exploiting their people to enjoy sumptuous lives, and develop nuclear arms and missiles. One tweet called for an uprising to slay the Kims "with a sword." "Let's create a new world by rooting out our people's sworn enemy Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un!" one tweet read. Another sought to convince readers that the removal of the dynasty would lead North Koreans to live "as happily as South …

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