Tag: cell phones
N. Korea’s border region sees surge in demand for telephone services
Public demand for telephone services in North Korea has surged recently, prompting the North Pyongan Province Post and Telecommunications Bureau to bring forward its...
N. Korea begins accepting subscribers to 4G cellular network
North Korea recently began accepting subscribers to the country's new 4G cellular network, but many people appear to be waiting to subscribe until 4G...
Hoeryong security officials launch crackdown on Chinese phone users for year-end...
Officials with the Hoeryong branch of the Ministry of State Security have launched a sweeping crackdown on users of Chinese mobile phones to collect...
N. Hamgyong Province state security agents demand that people turn in...
Ministry of State Security (MSS) agents in the border region of North Hamgyong Province are instructing people to turn over their Chinese cell phones...
N. Korea imports second-hand Huawei devices to modernize telecommunications network
North Korea has recently begun importing second-hand telecommunications devices from China to replace existing base transceiver station equipment in several major cities, Daily NK...
N. Korea cell phone carriers impose charges on calls between different...
North Korean cell phone carriers impose charges on calls made between people who use different service providers, which has led many users to avoid...
State security agency branches on border use family members of defectors...
Ministry of State Security branches in regions along the border with China have recently been making use of the family members of defectors to...
N. Korean security agents increasingly rely on wiretaps to catch law...
North Korea’s state security agency has recently been devoting more resources to wiretapping citizens’ landlines and mobiles phones, Daily NK has learned.
“Recently, wiretapping by...
N. Korea again orders Chinese mobile phone users to turn themselves...
The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is once again pressuring illegal cellphone users in the China-North Korea border region to turn themselves in, Daily...
Chinese police carry out surprise inspections of phones owned by defectors
An atmosphere of fear is taking hold in some regions of China as the country's police carry out random inspections of the mobile phone...
