Tag: electronics

N. Korea’s electronics black market: Foreign tech flows despite global ban

Despite the international ban on directly providing, selling, or transferring electronics with military applications to North Korea, foreign-made mobile phones, laptop computers, and smartwatches...

Unauthorized communication: North Korea targets USIM-enabled smartwatches

The North Korean government has launched a crackdown on smuggled Chinese-made smartwatches that can connect to Chinese mobile networks using USIM cards. Authorities are...

N. Korea sends large number of new trade officials to China

North Korean authorities have recently dispatched many new trade officials to China, suggesting that they intend to actively expand trading activity with the country. Speaking...

New photos show N. Korea continues to violate international sanctions

Daily NK has obtained photos showing that the North Korean authorities are importing large quantities of sanctioned items through China. Daily NK recently obtained several...

N. Koreans prefer to produce electronics rather than wigs, false eyelashes

North Korea's exports of artificial hair products, including wigs and false eyelashes, are setting new records, but North Koreans prefer to work with electronics...

Despite sanctions, N. Korea continues imports of parts for electronics

North Korea continues to import parts for electronics through China, paying in dollars or fraudulent bank accounts to circumvent international sanctions, Daily NK has...

N. Korean trade officials smuggle sanctioned items in returning workers’ luggage

North Korean trade officials in China have recently been smuggling items they need to send to the North in the personal luggage of workers...

N. Korean official’s death in China leads to increased ideological reviews...

North Korean workers in China are now subject to much more frequent ideological reviews following the recent death of a North Korean official in...

N. Korean importer of electronic device parts begins review of business...

North Korea’s Puksae Electronic Trading Company has begun drafting a report about the business of its trade delegation to China over the past year,...

Blue Sky 3.0 computers are selling like hotcakes in Pyongyang

New laptops and all-in-one desktop computers being sold through electronics shopping centers in Pyongyang are all the rage among the city's consumers, Daily NK has...

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