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Philippines donates computers to Pyongyang school
The Philippines donated a laptop PC, a desktop computer and a printer to a school in Pyongyang last week, the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. The gift was handed to Pyongyang Kaeson Middle School by Philippines Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Erlinda F. Basilio. She was in in Pyongyang for scheduled talks with…
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Hana Electronics expands
Hana Electronics, one of the few DPRK-foreign joint venture companies in Pyongyang, has recently expanded the facilities at its headquarters, it said on its home page. The company is held equally by the commercial arm of North Korea’s Ministry of Culture and Phoenix Commercial Ventures, and was established in 2003. It began manufacturing DVD and…
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IPhone app takes users inside North Korea
Fotopedia North Korea is a new iPhone and iPad app that takes users on a tour of North Korea through the photographs of Eric Lafforgue. Lafforgue says he visited the DPRK four times between 2008 and 2010 to snap the more than 1,000 images available in the application. The photos cover the culture, sights, scenes,…
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North Korea’s Chinese IP addresses
Cyber attacks against South Korean organizations have been much in the headlines in recent weeks. With each attempt to crash a web server, phish for private information or infiltrate a computer in South Korea, the country’s government points its finger of blame towards North Korea, but concrete evidence is often thin on the ground. Investigators…
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Fines for using Chinese mobile phones
AsiaPress has detailed the fines North Koreans face if they get caught using Chinese mobile phones. The use of such phones is prohibited in North Korea, but some citizens secretly use them to make uncensored calls to contacts in China, South Korea and other countries. Among them are a handful of North Korean “citizen reporters”…
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Kim Jong Il on tour in China
Kim Jong Il’s tour of China at the end of May saw the North Korean leader take in several high-tech factories and companies. China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast a comprehensive report on the visit (aired after Kim had left Beijing) and provided details on some of the tour stops. They included Yangzhou Smart Valley, the…
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Is this North Korea’s netbook?
The North Korean netbook highlighted in a state TV report in March appears to be made in China. After posting an entry about the device and two other computers, both available in North Korea according to the TV report, several readers pointed out that one of the computers bears a remarkable similarity to low-cost netbooks…
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Defector claims up to 3,000 hackers in North Korea
North Korea is continuing to strengthen its ranks of elite hackers and could have up to 3,000 of them, a North Korean defector said in Seoul on Wednesday. (Update: New information below) Kim Heung-kwang, a former professor at Pyongyang Computer Technology University and member of the North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity group, told a cyber security…
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South suspects North in military spamming
South Korean military personnel have been warned against opening suspicious e-mails and attachments as Seoul worries North Korea is further expanding its hacking activities, according to several media reports this week. Around 60 officers who graduated from Seoul’s Korea Military Academy received e-mails that purported to be from fellow graduates, reports The Korea Herald. The…
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North Korean laptop PCs
The North Korean state TV evening news recently provided a glimpse at one slice of the country’s PC manufacturing industry. (Update: A similar PC has been spotted in the U.S. Read below) The report took viewers to the factory and introduced the three computers being made, two of which are laptops and one of which…
