SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of mobile phones in use in North Korea is estimated at 6.5 to 7 million, marking a steady increase in subscriptions since the 3G network was first launched in 2008, a new research by an American group showed Tuesday. During a press briefing in Seoul, researchers at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent total lunar eclipse, in which the moon was completely covered by the Earth’s shadow, was observed in North Korea. The North’s Korean Central Television reported related news on Tuesday, saying that the total lunar eclipse started at 6:09 p.m. and ended at 9:49 p.m. in Pyongyang. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea launched a barrage of missiles Wednesday, including one that flew across its de facto maritime border with South Korea for the first time since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, according to the South’s military. In response, South Korea’s fighter jets fired three precision-guided missiles into [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The dropout rate of North Korean defector students inched up over the past year, a state-run institute said Monday. The 2022 dropout rate for elementary, middle and high school defector students stood at about 1.6 percent (based on April 2021), up 0.4 percentage points from a year ago, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — More than three quarters of North Korea’s missile tests conducted since 1984 were deemed to be successful, data showed Thursday, in an apparent sign of progress in Pyongyang’s relentless push for advanced weapons systems. The U.S.-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies produced the data on the North’s testing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has completed building an ice cream factory in Pyongyang as instructed by leader Kim Jong-un, its state media reported Thursday, amid an economy faltering under global sanctions. A ceremony was held the previous day to celebrate the construction of a “modern” ice cream production base in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s official newspaper claimed that the country has developed and partially commercialized a string of state-of-the-art technologies. The Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the North’s ruling Worker’s Party, on Tuesday published an article covering the National Informatization Achievement Exhibition 2022, noting that a variety of Internet of Things (IoT), big [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — It was found that a North Korean department store is openly selling counterfeits of global luxury brands. According to a recent report by DPRK Today, a Chinese-based North Korean propaganda outlet, a variety of counterfeit foreign luxury items were showcased at a consumer goods exhibition held at the Pyongyang [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea appears to be shifting its focus to the development of “tactical” nuclear arms mountable on new hard-to-detect launchers, including a reservoir silo, in a bid to counter evolving South Korea-U.S. deterrence capabilities, analysts said Tuesday. On Monday, the North announced flamboyantly through its state media that leader [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will push for the lifting of a ban on public access to North Korean television and media channels, a top official on inter-Korean relations told lawmakers Friday. The government will seek to “gradually” open the door for North Korean broadcasts, media and publications in an [...]