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N. Korea encourages Chinese businesspeople to resume commercial activities

The North Korean government is encouraging Chinese businesspeople to resume business activities they were forced to suspend when North Korea closed its borders because...

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...

N. Korea relies on phone-based orders to sell new smartphone

After unveiling a new smartphone called the “Hwawon” last month, North Korea has been selling the product through phone-based orders, Daily NK has learned. Speaking...

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...

Hoeryong security agents eager to produce results in crackdown on illegal...

After the Ministry of State Security recently announced the start of a major crackdown on the users of illegal foreign cell phones, security agents...

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...

N. Korea replaces radio wave detectors on border with the latest...

North Korea has replaced radio wave detectors installed in regions along the China-North Korea border with the latest models. The authorities use the radio wave...

Ministry of State Security officers inspect cell phones on streets of...

Agents of the North Korea Ministry of State Security have recently been focusing on inspecting cell phones of people walking on the streets in...

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