Orascom’s no closer to getting its cash from North Korea
Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT) has reported no significant progress in talks with the North Korean government over two big issues it faces in the country. In its…
Articles by Martyn Williams
Pyongyang Time is here and there are already changes
North Korea’s new time zone, Pyongyang Time, went into effect early Friday and changes are already being seen. The new time zone shifts time in North Korea so it’s half an…
Lee Hyeonseo on the horrors of North Korea and her escape
North Korean defector Lee Hyeonseo spoke to the Asian American Journalists Association convention in San Francisco on Thursday. Lee is perhaps best-known for her TED talk detailing the amazing story…
Introducing The North Korea Book Store
It sure seems like 2015 is the year of the North Korea book. There have already been a number of high profile autobiographies by defectors and journalists and specialists continue…
KCNA Japan site isn’t down, it’s geo-blocked
Sometime in early July, the long-time Japan-based site carrying Korean Central News Agency stories became inaccessible. That was bad news because it carried an archive of KCNA stories going back…
Clocks will go back 30 minutes for Pyongyang Time
North Korea will next week take the unusual step of creating its own time zone by shifting clocks back by 30 minutes. Pyongyang Time is being created by a decree…
KCNA parody Twitter account claims another victim
It’s happened again … and it won’t be the last time. The parody DPRK News Service Twitter account has fooled someone and made it onto national television in the U.S….
New cellular carrier is run by local ISP, says source
The new cellular carrier run by the North Korean government to compete with Koryolink is being run by a local Internet service provider, according to a source in Pyongyang. The…
A peek inside North Korea’s intranet
Not much is known about North Korea’s intranet — the Internet-like system that links up libraries, universities and other organizations throughout the country but goes no further than the country’s borders….
