Coronavirus: How the pandemic is hitting North Korea hard
Pyongyang officially denies any confirmed infections in the isolation nation, but there is little doubt among experts that it has suffered at least some cases of the virus.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
North Korea was one of the first countries in the world to effectively seal its borders with the outside world in January 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world.
Now more than a year later, while the coronavirus situation in North Korea remains unclear, various reports indicate the North Korean people are suffering both from the economic impact of lockdown measures, and from the virus itself.
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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.