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North Korea’s efforts to improve telecommunications environment face many hurdles
North Korea s mobile telecom environment is so poor that dead zones appear or users face difficulty sending multimedia text messages
2021.02.19 12:36pm
North Korea has made it clear it wishes to improve the nation’s telecommunication environment. But due to the poor condition of the country’s infrastructure, major developments like next-generation internet are still a long way off, and the country will likely settle for improvements to existing facilities. According to a source, those improvements could be as basic as automating operator-connected phones.
A source in North Korea said in a telephone conversation with Daily NK on Wednesday that provinces, cities and counties were still using telecom systems from 50 years ago with manual switchboards. “The order from the Eighth Party Congress intends to replace this with the latest technology,” he said.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 5:12 am | ד אדר תשפ א
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 5:12 am | ד אדר תשפ א
North Korean students use computers in a classroom with portraits of the country’s late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il hanging on the wall at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
North Korea has attempted to steal COVID-19 vaccine technology by hacking Pfizer Inc. according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
South Korea’s Yonhap did not report when the alleged hacking took place or whether it was successful.
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