{"id":62267,"date":"2025-01-10T09:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=62267"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:02:02","slug":"north-korea-digital-leap-examining-mirae-wifi-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-digital-leap-examining-mirae-wifi-network\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea&#8217;s digital leap: Examining the &#8216;Mirae&#8217; wi-fi network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Inside North Korea&#8217;s digital world, a new window has opened: The &#8220;Mirae&#8221; Wi-Fi app, recently obtained by Daily NK, offers a rare glimpse into the regime&#8217;s tightly controlled internet infrastructure. The app&#8217;s welcome screen proudly announces itself as a &#8220;North Korean-style wireless communication service,&#8221; promising speeds between 2 and 33Mbps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">These numbers tell a striking story when compared to its southern neighbor. While North Koreans navigate the digital world at speeds barely sufficient for basic browsing, South Koreans surf the internet at blazing speeds of up to 463.55Mbps on public Wi-Fi networks, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT&#8217;s December 2024 report \u2013 more than 14 times faster than Mirae&#8217;s top speed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While North Korea\u2019s Wi-Fi network is fast enough for general web surfing and light data transfers, it would run into limitations for high-resolution video streaming or bulk file transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea announced in 2018 that people could access the state network through its \u201cMirae Public Wireless Communication Network\u201d smartphone app. Since then, there may not have been any improvements to the technology or equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62269\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20250103_mdh_mirae_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20250103_mdh_mirae_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20250103_mdh_mirae_1.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20250103_mdh_mirae_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20250103_mdh_mirae_1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/20250103_mdh_mirae_1-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from North Korean Wi-Fi app \u201cMirae.\u201d (Daily NK)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans can access the state-run news network KCNA (Korean Central News Agency) through the Mirae network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The app explains that subscribers to the Mirae public wireless communication network \u201ccan access the homepages of Kongse, the KCNA, the Sci-Tech Complex, Yolpung and other sites wherever and whenever they wish to peruse the news and scientific materials or download movies, songs and other large-volume multimedia at high speeds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"font-claude-message pr-4 md:pr-9 relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-300 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_pre]:-mr-4 md:[&amp;_pre]:-mr-9\">\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0\">\n<div class=\"font-claude-message pr-4 md:pr-9 relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-300 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_pre]:-mr-4 md:[&amp;_pre]:-mr-9\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Among the websites accessible through the Mirae network, it&#8217;s notable that KCNA, known as a foreign-oriented service, is included. This raises the possibility that North Korea either operates a separate domestic version for its citizens to access, or that it was never exclusively meant for foreign audiences in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The KCNA\u2019s IP addresses are 175.45.177.1 and 175.45.176.71 when accessed outside North Korea and 10.99.0.50 when accessed inside the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirae also allows access to the website of the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, the agency responsible for planning and managing North Korean broadcasting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 11 of North Korea\u2019s broadcasting law says that the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee is the central broadcasting agency representing state broadcasting and that the committee directly operates radio broadcasting, cable radio, wireless and wired TV and internet broadcasting and guides the broadcast activities of provincial broadcast agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-focuses-efforts-preventing-illegal-use-mirae-popular-wi-fi-network\/\">reported<\/a> in 2022 that Mirae was popular with the North Korean public and that some people even used the app illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20250107-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside North Korea&#8217;s digital world, a new window has opened: The &#8220;Mirae&#8221; Wi-Fi app, recently obtained by Daily NK, offers a rare glimpse into the regime&#8217;s tightly controlled internet infrastructure. 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