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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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  • Radio Wars across the 38th parallel

    Everday North and South Korea send news, information and propaganda across the 38th parallel. This video looks at that battle of the airwaves.

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  • Software outsourcing in North Korea

    North Korea has been quietly building up its IT industry and a handful of companies are looking overseas for business.

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  • New Software Developed

    Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) — The Samjiyon Information Center under the Korean Computer Centre has of late made new programs. Full story: KCNA

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  • Voice of Korea English A10 schedule

    Voice of Korea, the DPRK’s international shortwave broadcasting service, is on the air everyday in several languages. The English language broadcasts appear to be refreshed during the day (local time) for the evening broadcast and then repeated overnight. The news is similar to the English-language stories from KCNA, but there are some differences. It’s generally…

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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…

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  • Kim Il Sung University Boasts Its E-Library

    Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) — Kim Il Sung University, the highest seat of the Juche-based education, boasts its E-Library, an ultramodern education, science information service center. Full story: KCNA

  • Govt to produce own 3G handsets

    North Korea is planning to begin producing its own 3G handsets, according to a report from telecom-analyst TeleGeography, which in turn quotes the Chosun Simbo. Source: “Govt to produce own handsets as demand for mobile phones rises,” TeleGeography

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  • Kim Jong Il Inspects E-Library at Kim Il Sung Univ.

    Pyongyang, April 12 (KCNA) — General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave field guidance to the newly-built E-Library at Kim Il Sung University. Source: KCNA

  • E-books software developed

    It’s not just tech enthusiasts that are taking their reading digital. North Korea too has developed a digital reader program called “Mirae 2.0,” reports the Korea Times. The newspaper appears to have had a demo of the software, which runs on Windows and allows access to the translated texts of about 1,500 books and 350,000…

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