But what about other systems like smartphones? [Will] and [Gabe] found that cell phones in North Korea are typically manufactured by Chinese companies, running a custom version of the Android ...

But the vast majority of these phones don't connect to the global internet. Users have to go to a physical store to download apps. North Korea may be an intensely secretive and impoverished nation ...

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said smartphones are among the items banned under Security Council Resolution 2397 passed in 2017, which prohibits the supply, sale or transfer to North Korea of ...

Smartphones have proliferated in North Korea, but very few people are allowed to access the global internet. Devices in the country are required to have government apps and other controls that ...

North Korea's woeful human rights record is one topic ... reading or listening to content provided by international media outlets. Mobile phones are more common than they used to be, but making ...

The “Storm Corps” are said to be the “best-trained and best fed” of all the North Korean military and it’s puzzling why Kim, ...

The folk in North Korea don't have it easy and that's putting it mildly. In fact Sneak finds it outrageous that in a world of internet access and smartphones and tablets people in the nation are ...

North Korean citizens are required to submit facial biometrics to subscribe to mobile services through the official apps of ...

As North Korea and the United States continue to trade ... Three million mobile phones might seem like a lot - but in a country of 25 million it amounts to just over one out of every ten people.

North Korea is notorious for its authoritarianism ... established in 2018 that deals with energy and resource management, smartphone-making and other such activities, according to The Korea ...

How long are South Koreans on their smartphones? Nevertheless, this high smartphone ownership rate has come with its side effects. Survey results found that a significant portion of respondents in ...

North Korea has punished about 30 of its citizens ... The people punished were using Chinese mobile phones. They were ...