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North Korean hackers probe South, say reports
Two South Korean media outlets, KBS and the Chosun Ilbo, are reporting the government says it has traced “hackers” back to a server operating in North Korea. KBS says: A government official says North Korea has attempted to hack information on South Korea’s water supply and drainage systems. The Chosun Ilbo provides a little more…
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KCTV moving on Thaicom-5
Korean Central Television (KCTV) is moving transponders on the Thaicom-5 satellite at the end of this month. Anyone receiving the channel via satellite will have to retune to continue watching. It’s moving from the current transponder 3G at 3504MHz H to transponder 7G at 3695MHz H. KCTV has been on its current transponder since at…
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Online Lecture Begins
Pyongyang, October 12 (KCNA) — The Grand People’s Study House in Pyongyang has begun an online-lecture service. Full Story: KCNA
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The new face of KCNA
North Korea appears to have made its first full connection to the Internet and the first site online? A new home for KCNA. The site appeared as part of a routine scan I’ve been doing of Internet addresses issued to Star, the Thai-North Korean joint venture that I wrote about in a Computerworld story [North…
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The Internet unshackled … for now
[Updated: North Korea opens up Internet for national anniversary, Computerworld] There are amazing reports coming out of Pyongyang tonight on Twitter! That’s right, tweets from the heart of one of the most insular countries in the world. Foreign correspondents have been sending out tweets thanks to a press room set up at the Koryo Hotel.…
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Northeast Asia Telecommunications Directors’ Meeting
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) — The 27th meeting of the North-East Asia Telephone and Telecommunications Co., Ltd. Directors’ Board took place in Pyongyang on Friday. Full Story: KCNA
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Pyongyang gets social
Uriminzokkiri.com, the closest thing North Korea has to an official home page, got social in July when it joined Twitter and Facebook. The move generated lots of publicity and helped drive Internet users to follow its tweets and status-updates, but also drew the attention of the governments in Seoul and Washington. Uriminzokkiri’s moves into social…
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DPRK Cell-phone dialing codes
A post on NKEconWatch has some hard-to-find information about cell phone dialing codes in North Korea. The details show how basic communications controls exist based on the type of account and customer. SUNNET (2G GSM network, from 2002) +850 193 801 plus 4-digit number (when being called from overseas) 193 801 plus 4-digit number (when…
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North Korea moves quietly to the Internet
North Korea, one of the world’s few remaining information black holes, has taken the first step toward a fully fledged connection to the Internet.
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Cell Phone Demand Stays Strong at Koryolink
Koryolink, North Korea’s only 3G cellular operator, saw sales more than double in the first three months of this year as it expanded its network coverage and enjoyed continued demand for its service. At the end of March the company had 125,661 subscribers, a gain just under 34,000 subscribers over the quarter, according to majority-shareholder…
