North Korea, one of the most isolated and secretive country in the world, announced that it has as a multifunction phone designed by him, “Arirang” named after a Korean folk song. Its existence was revealed during a factory visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the weekend, said the official KCNA news agency on Tuesday. During the visit, the officer was informed of the “performance, quality and packaging of Arirang mobile phone,” according to KCNA. According to analysts, this smartphone, which is based on the Android operating system from Google (and American) is likely manufactured in neighboring China, an ally of North Korea. Photos released by KCNA show workers inspecting and packaging of phones, but no chains. Some analysts argue that this phone will allow authorities to monitor the conversations of citizens. Although the North Koreans live in probably the most cut in the world, the North is not a total desert area of information technology. An internal intranet existed since 2002, some government agencies have their own websites, and mobile phones were introduced in 2008 through a joint venture with the Egyptian company Orascom. The two million mobile phone subscribers (out of a population of 24 million) can thus be called, but not call outside the borders. Economic developments in North Korea are allowed only if they do not threaten the communist regime in which power is transmitted from father to son for three generations. intranet already accessible to very few, is cut off from the world and publishes only information approved by the government. The real Internet is reserved for a super-elite than a thousand people at most. 95% of the population, there is no laptop or Intranet. But the boundaries are not as tight as before. Chinese phones smuggled enable call abroad. DVD, MP3 and USB, also smuggled are all open windows on the outside, despite the risks if we get caught.
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