Last week, North Korea test launched two mid-range missiles that traveled over 400 miles and eventually landed in the Sea of Japan. Unsurprisingly, Japan is taking the initiative on a potential threat from the totalitarian state b...
North Korea’s state-sanctioned (and supposedly homegrown) operating system, Red Star, is looking a little different these days. The last time the outside world caught a glimpse of Red Star, it was sporting a Windows 7-inspir...
Angry Birds seems to have made its way to North Korea, however, the makers of the popular game have no idea how it got there. According to a statement by a Rovio representative, “Angry Birds Rio has not been localized into Korea, ...
North Korea is a country known mostly for oppressive government and leader Kim Jong-un, but who would have thought the good ole North has the capabilities to create a decent touchscreen Android tablet device. The device is a state...
In 2011, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) carried out 231 offensive cyber operations using a computer program called GENIE. According to a leaked document revealed by the Washington Post, the NSA — and other agencies ...
If you’re in North Korea and you’ve managed to snag yourself your very own North Korean Android tablet, congratulations. Also, you might be interested in pairing it up with a North Korea’s first Android hand phon...
Apple has banned Joyful Executions, a game where you play as the commander of a North Korean firing squad. The goal is to “process endless waves of various enemies of the state to keep the Divine Leader happy,” which b...
If South Korea has Samsung, North Korea has Samjiyon. A tourist who chooses to go by the name “Michael” was able to purchase an Android tablet in North Korea, then take it with him outside the country to share with eve...
Ever wondered what people might be downloading over there in North Korea? Oh, right. As if the bigwigs over there would let everyone access the internet and the free flowing information available across the web. But that doesnR...
A handful of banks in South Korea have reportedly experienced serious network outages due to a malware attack. The KBS and MBC networks said that all their computers shut down at 2pm local time, although this did not disrupt or da...
The Pirate Bay’s Kim Jung-Bay has issued a “press release” announcing that they have been invited by “the leader of the republic of Korea” to fight their battles on their network. After recently movin...
Remember when North Korea’s only 3G carrier, Koryolink, planned to let foreigners use cellphones? It looks like they weren’t kidding, and international phone calls aren’t the only thing you’ll be able to do...
You probably read the headline and thought, “wait, what?” Don’t worry, it’s exactly what you think it is. A bizarre North Korean propaganda video has been taken down by YouTube after video game publisher Ac...
If you ever tried taking a peek at North Korea through Google Maps before, you’d have to be content with the image above. Sparse, with no details about roads or any sort of locations within North Korea for that matter —...
Being a visitor in North Korea has just become a little easier. Previously, if you managed to be allowed into the country’s very tight borders, you had to hand in your cellphone. A technician from Koryolink, which is the cou...
