DPRK moves up a point, but still worst for press freedom
DVDs being smuggled into the DPRK have gained the country a point in an annual ranking of press freedom. [Updated, see below] The ranking, by Washington, D.C., -based Freedom House…
Articles by Martyn Williams
DPRK inventors receive WIPO awards
Last week, the Korean Central News Agency reported that seven local inventors received awards from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The awards were handed out last Wednesday and were…
The importance of data security
When South Korean workers began leaving the Kaesong Industrial Zone a couple of weeks ago, they returned across the border in cars and trucks laden with as much finished merchandise…
Koryolink nears 2 million subscribers
Koryolink, North Korea’s sole 3G cellular service provider, is close to hitting the 2 million subscriber mark. The news was disclosed this week by the Koryolink CEO Ezz Heikal in Pyongyang…
Choson Sinbo reacts to user database hack
Choson Sinbo, the newspaper of the DPRK-affiliated Korean community in Japan, has apologized to its readers after its user database was leaked over the weekend by hackers. The Tokyo-based newspaper ran an…
Possible evidence of DPRK’s February nuclear test detected
A nuclear monitoring station in Japan has recorded what could be the first detection of radioactive noble gases from February’s nuclear test in the DPRK. The station is in Takasaki,…
Eric Schmidt and the North Korean Internet dilemma
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has said a little bit more about his January trip to Pyongyang. [Updated: see below] The “private, humanitarian” mission, as Schmidt termed it, surprised many and saw…
Thousands more DPRK-related website account details published
The personal details of thousands of users of three North Korean-related websites have been published by hackers. The details include names, email addresses, user names and in some cases addresses…
KCTV gets more connected
Korean Central Television, the DPRK’s main nationwide TV channel, appears to have received another technology upgrade. New satellite images uploaded to Google Earth show four satellite dishes on the roof…
