Tag: mobile phones
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. 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,...
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. 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...
