https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/nk-news-brief-jan-9-2013/
NK NEWS BRIEF | Jan 9, 2013
POSTED January 9, 2013
Daily NK: A new mobile phone with a touch screen, voice recognition, dictionaries, games and the ability to receive TV signals has been released in NK. The phone reportedly costs 600 USD and is only affordable to senior cadres, but sources expect sales to improve.
Despite the USG’s disapproval, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson visited NK on a “private, humanitarian” trip. They were taken to KIS university to see how university students search for information using Google and Wikipedia. Access to the web is extremely rare and often is limited to those with clearance to get on the internet. At Kim Chaek University, instructors and students wishing to use the internet must register first for permission and submit an application with their requests for research online, Ryu Sun-ryol, head of the e-library, said. But he said it was only a matter of time before internet use became widespread. “We will start having access to the internet soon,” he said in an interview last month. He said North Korea was in the midst of a major push to expand computer use in every classroom and workplace. In addition, Richardson revealed in an interview that his delegation has been pressing MFA officials, scientists and other officials to allow people greater access to information stating that “the citizens of [NK] will be better off with more cell phones and an active Internet”. Also on the trip is the Director of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen.
https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/nk-news-brief-jan-9-2013/
Daily NK’s ‘Ten Ways to Make Money in 2013’ in the NK markets (part 1).
KCNA has unveiled a renovated website with more sophisticated functions, including linking between text articles, photos and video clips. The new site also provides an email contact address, @gmail.com, which unfortunately (and perhaps ironically given their current visitors) is a fake address given that Gmail does not allow you to choose a username of less than six characters.
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https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/nk-news-brief-jan-9-2013/
Daily NK’s ‘Ten Ways to Make Money in 2013’ in the NK markets (part 1).
KCNA has unveiled a renovated website with more sophisticated functions, including linking between text articles, photos and video clips. The new site also provides an email contact address, kcna@gmail.com, which unfortunately (and perhaps ironically given their current visitors) is a fake address given that Gmail does not allow you to choose a username of less than six characters.
comms email address for NK
from one of the trip videos