Kim Jong Il Inspects E-Library at Kim Il Sung Univ.
Apr 12th
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
Apr 6th
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 kinds of other documents, it reported.
Source: “North Korea Has Electronic Books,” Korea Times, and “The e-book revolution hits North Korea,” Christian Science Monitor.
How Chinese cell phones help information flow
Apr 1st
Bloomberg Businessweek has a story on the Chinese cell phones in use in North Korea along the border region. It estimates around 1,000 people use such phones to keep in touch with relatives and associates in China, South Korea and elsewhere. Because the cell phones connect to Chinese cell phone towers it’s difficult for the North Korean government to eavesdrop on the calls, but it does mean use is restricted to the border area.
The piece interviews Open Radio for North Korea, the Seoul-based shortwave broadcaster, and the Daily NK Web site on how they gather information from inside North Korea More >
Development of Science and Technology Called for
Mar 24th
Pyongyang, March 24 (KCNA) — It is an urgent and essential task facing the Korean people in their drive to build an economic power to develop the latest science and technology at present, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed article.
Full story: KCNA
North Korean 3G customers double in Q2
Aug 26th
The number of cellular subscriptions in North Korea more than doubled in the second quarter of this year although average revenue per user (ARPU) fell, Orascom Telecom said.
Koryolink, in which Orascom owns a majority stake, had 47,863 subscribers at the end of June. That’s more than twice as many as at the end of April, when the total stood at 19,208, said Orascom. The Egyptian company owns cellular networks in several developing markets, including a 75 percent stake in Koryolink. The remainder is held by the state-run Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corp.
Read the full story at Network World.
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