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North Korea is a communist state almost completely isolated from the rest of the world. They do have a public telephone system but no broadband. BGAN Coverage is available offering download speeds up to 492 kbit/s and upload speeds of 400 kbit/s however it would be extremely difficult to smuggle a BGAN terminal into the country. The one internet cafe in Pyongyang uses a Satellite Internet connection, along with some of the more upmarket hotels where foreigners are provided with satellite internet. Thuraya coverage is also available in North Korea but the phones and modems would have to be smuggled in.
In late 2007, North Korea launched its first online shop, Chollima, in a joint venture with an unnamed Chinese company.[1]
A few of the government elite are connected to the internet via a secret link to China. [2]
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