Madusan’s folding smartphone is identified
The folding smartphone that showed up at the recent National Exhibition of IT Successes has been identified. Commenting on a Reddit post, a user pointed to a video recorded at…
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North Korea Gets A Folding Smartphone
A North Korean company is marketing a foldable smartphone—the first time such a phone has been seen promoted in-country. The handset was likely imported from a Chinese manufacturer and presents…
KCTV appears on Russian satellite after Putin visit
The main satellite relay of North Korea’s Korean Central Television (KCTV) may have switched from a Chinese to a Russian satellite, significantly reducing the number of people who can view…
Lots and lots of Dell computers
Kim Jong Un recently paid a visit to a new political school in Pyongyang that will train the next generation of leaders of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). Korean…
North Korea’s Kangsong is operating a 4G network
North Korea’s first 4G cellular service, which reportedly launched late last year in Pyongyang, has spread as far as the country’s southern border and is operated by Kangsong, the state-owned…
North Korea upgrades its Android security, says report
A new report says smartphone users in North Korea were given until the end of 2023 to upgrade to a new version of the Android operating system or face confiscation of their phones.
Is 4G on the Horizon for North Korea?
North Korea could finally be getting a long-overdue upgrade to its 3G cellular network. A report says the country has begun importing used 4G networking equipment from Huawei and will…
New Satellite Could Provide Internet Access to North Korea…Someday
This article was originally published on 38North North Korea’s attempts to block foreign information from the country could soon face their most significant challenge to date. After years of combating…
North Korean programmers used a hosted laptop to freelance online, says FBI
The US and South Korean governments have been increasingly sounding an alarm about the unwitting hiring of North Korean IT workers through online platforms. Court papers unsealed this week detail…
