Almost 70 companies publicly traded on U.S. stock markets have found North Korean gold in their manufacturing supply chains. Among the more prominent names are electronics companies IBM, HP, Garmin, Philips…
Will Scott, a computer scientist from Washington state, just returned from several months as a guest lecturer at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). In an interview with…
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) is one of the more ambitious international ventures in North Korea of the last few years. Almost ten years in planning, PUST is…
Enthusiasm appears to be waning for North Korea’s Samjiyon Android tablet. Two of the tablets have appeared again on Ebay and were offered by the same vendor who sold one…
A North Korean Samjiyon tablet computer sold for the impressive price of $546 on Ebay. The tablet first appeared on the site on November 7 with an opening bid of…
One of the surprises in North Korea’s recently-launched Samjiyon (???) tablet was the inclusion of Angry Birds, the globally-popular game that involves shooting animated birds to destroy structures and animated pigs. In…
A model of North Korea’s Samjiyon tablet is up for sale on Ebay. It appeared on the morning on Thursday, November 7, and appears to have been listed by a…
The second of Pyongyang’s two annual international trade fairs opened on Monday. The Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair is scheduled to run until Thursday and has attracted companies from Germany, Russia,…
One of the most interesting questions surrounding North Korea’s Samjiyon tablet is its source. State media reports not withstanding, the tablet is almost certainly not made in North Korea — the…
