The IT, media and telecommunications of the
People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK)

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Computer Network Rapidly Expanding in DPRK: A Glimpse of Recent Achievements in Computer Technology in DPRK
People’s Korea, 21 February 2001. Computer programmers at the Korea Computer Center (KCC) developed a Korean Linux Operating System that employs the Korean language. The Kwangmyong computer network of the Central Scientific and Technological Information Agency, was developed in 1997 to provide materials related with science and technology.
Strategic Plan for IT Revolution in DPRK
People’s Korea, 25 August 2001. The DPRK has launched a national campaign for the development of Information Technology in recent years. Talented children can develop their computer skills at the Mangyondae Children’s Palace and the Pyongyang Children’s Palace in Pyongyang. The impact of U.S. sanctions. Reliance on a Korean version of Linux.
Pyeongyang to go mobile in October
JoonAng Ilbo, 24 May 2002. North Korea will launch a mobile telecommunications service in Pyongyang and the Rajin-Sonbong free-trade area. North East Asia Telephone and Telecom would start experimenting with the cellular service starting in August. The firm is a joint venture between the Ministry of Post and Telecom and Loxley Pacific of Thailand, the first foreign investor in the North's telecom sector.