What's wrong with Koreans using smart phones? Why do Koreans use smart phones? What's special about them?
Koreans use smart phones, why can't they surf the Internet happily? North Korea is a country with a big gap between the rich and the poor, and the life of the rich and the life of the people at the bottom are simply worlds apart. In North Korea, people who can afford mobile phones are usually wealthy families.
According to the report of Wall Street Journal 65438+February 18, as a status symbol, mobile phones are becoming more and more popular in North Korea, and people can also use the "intranet" on mobile phones to obtain information.
Jin Yonghao, a senior researcher at Johns Hopkins University, estimates that there are currently about 4 million mobile phone users in North Korea, accounting for about one-sixth of the national population and four times the number of mobile phone users in 20 12 years. The mobile phones they use are made by domestic manufacturers or assembled from parts imported from China, and each one costs as much as $500. Among them, the most upscale mobile phone, which looks like iPhone, is called "Arirang".
No matter what type of mobile phones and computers, they all use the operating system developed by North Korea. The system will guide users to the "intranet" where Kim Jong-un's speech and Korean recipes are pre-installed. On the Internet, they can browse an online purchasing website, which provides products from about 150 North Korean retailers. You can also log on to the travel website and plan your own domestic tour in North Korea online.