North Korea encourages cell phone users to install new “cooking app”
North Korean authorities have recently begun encouraging cell phone users to pay money to install a new cooking app on their phones, but many...
N. Korea releases details about development of “real-time license plate recognition technology”
North Korean authorities claim to have used artificial intelligence (AI) to develop real-time license plate recognition technology. Given that the technology was developed to...
North Korea’s efforts to improve telecommunications environment face many hurdles
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,...
North Korea creates new biotech information center in State Academy of Sciences
North Korea created a new biotech information center within the State Academy of Sciences right after the end of the Eighth Party Congress, Daily...
North Korea did not release a new smartphone last year
North Korea released no new smartphone models last year, despite having released two to three new models each year in the past. According to...
The ins and outs of North Korea’s smartphone security authentications bypass program, Bidulgi
Daily NK recently obtained a copy of “Bidulgi 1.01,” a program that can bypass the smartphone security authentications that were recently put into place...
North Korea appears to be jamming Unification Media Group radio broadcasts
North Korean authorities appear to be jamming radio broadcasts produced by a South Korean non-profit human rights organization as part of efforts to prevent...
North Korean authorities use South Korean program to restore deleted files
North Korean authorities are using a South Korean program that restores deleted files to crackdown on the entry, distribution, and consumption of information from...
A close look at Chammae 1.0, a smartphone security bypass program
Daily NK has obtained a copy of “Chammae 1.0,” a program that can bypass the smartphone security authentications recently put into place by North...
Pyongyang 2428 boasts only slight performance upgrades
The “Pyongyang 2428,” a North Korean smartphone released in early 2020, has only slight performance upgrades over previous models, Daily NK has learned. These...
