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South Korean officials have blocked the country's access to Pyongyang's new Twitter feed, according to a report published Thursday.

The feed was created along with North Korea's YouTube account as a means of distributing propaganda against South Korea and the US.

Seoul's state-run Communications Standards Commission and National Police Agency said that the feed contains "illegal information" and "content that praises, promotes and glorifies" North Korea, which are banned under South Korean security laws. 

"We decided to act immediately, after having considered the unique nature of social networking services like Twitter, where specific information can be dispersed to thousands in a short period of time," said Han Myung-ho, an official with the Communications Standards Commission.

"We are constantly monitoring the North's Twitter account, to see if it posts any links using new domains," another official told Agence France-Presse. "Whenever the North uses different routes, we will block them so that no South Korean followers will get access to the Web site."

North and South Korea remain in what amounts to a state of war, which makes such actions by authorities in Seoul common.

The feed is among approximately 60 other North Korean and pro-North Korean sites not accessible from the internet in South Korea.

North Korea debuted its @uriminzok account on Aug. 12 and now has more than 10,000 followers.