North Korea is producing a proprietary smartphone "Arirang"

North Korea's top leader, Kim Jung-Eun, visited the factory on May 11th, and the original smart phone "Arirang"KTNA, the state-owned telecommunications company, said that, what kind of thing is it?

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According to KCNA, Kim Jong-il, who visited the factory, said, "I speechlessly spoken to creative and patriotly factory staff and employees who made mass production of Arirang," the pictures were boxed It seems that Mr. Kim Rin with Arirang is visiting the factory.


Although detailed specifications of the smartphone are unknown at the moment, it has a camera with a high pixel count and a touch screen, and the OS seems to be loaded with the original one based on Google's Android.


KCNA said, "Arirang's camera is equipped with high pixel, with DPRK (North Korean) trademark, teaching the whole people pride and pride for all citizens by bringing this product to the hands of North Korean citizens I can tell you "that Kim Rong-soo said that heSpeech we did earlier this yearAmidst remarks that "improvement of science and technology will develop the economic power of the nation", he also said that it will raise the domestic economic development and popularity from the people It seems that we are manufacturing Arirang.

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However, even if this Arirang is released, it is said that it is permitted to use the Internet only by a limited number of people within North Korea where information control is severe.

Furthermore, it is collecting and analyzing information on North Korea's IT situationNorth Korea TechMartyn Williams of Martyn Williams seems to have speculated that "Arirang was probably made by a Chinese manufacturer and was sent to a factory in North Korea before selling," Arirang made by North Korea It does not seem to be certain whether or not it is a smartphone.

ByRobert S. Donovan