Health tips for PC use on state TV
North Korean workplaces aren’t renowned for being particularly high-tech, but a new program on state television hints at increasing PC use and associated health problems. The program called “콤퓨터사용과 건강관리,”…
Articles by Martyn Williams
North Korea’s foreign propaganda set to play a more important role
Among the plans and promises delivered during Kim Jong Un’s report to the just-concluded 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) was a relatively minor reference that could…
Is North Korea finally getting 4G?
It’s been 12 years since Koryolink began cellular service in North Korea. As the world begins moving to 5G, North Korean customers are still stuck on 3G technology, but that…
North Korean stamps website appears
With only a couple of days left before the end of 2020, North Korea has launched its latest website on the global Internet. The Korea Stamp site is operated by…
Korean Central Radio testing digital broadcasting
The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS), North Korea’s main national radio station, has been testing digital radio again. In early December, broadcasts from the station using the DRM (Digital Radio…
New laws will target mobile comms, foreign content
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly discussed a handful of new laws on December 4 including one on mobile communications, state media reported on Sunday. The texts of the new laws…
New frequency for KCTV satellite broadcast
There is a new frequency for direct reception of Korean Central Television via Intelsat 21. This is the feed that covers most of western Europe and the Americas. The station…
Two interesting new Twitter accounts
Two new Twitter accounts have drawn the interest of North Korea watchers as they claim to be personally-run accounts by North Koreans that originate from Pyongyang. If true, they represent…
We Interrupt this Propaganda…A Dynamic 24 Hours on North Korean TV
On Wednesday, North Korea’s state TV channel Korean Central Television (KCTV) took the historically unprecedented step of broadcasting through the night as the storm Typhoon Bavi (Typhoon No. 8) approached…
