North Korea isn’t especially known for its mobile phone technology, especially compared to its neighbor to the South.
However, a Japanese new think tank report says that the country has of late seen a surge in the popularity of mobile phone games.
According to the report by the Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER), as cited and translated by NK News, North Korea is entering “an age of smartphones,” despite government repression and relatively weak technological infrastructure.
Two of the more popular games, Taekwondo Competition and Badminton Competition, enable users to play one another over Bluetooth connections, the report said.
North Korea lifted its ban on mobile phones in 2008. Since then, the nation has made attempts to grow its “knowledge economy.” The report also cited figures from the Korean Development Bank Future Strategy Research Institute, that there…
