Location | |
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Country | North Korea |
Continent | Asia |
Access codes | |
Country calling | +850 |
International prefix | 00 or 99 |
Trunk prefix | 0 |
Dial plan | |
Regulator | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
Type | open |
Telephone numbers in North Korea are regulated by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. North Korea uses open dialing plan, but calling from mobile to any numbers including same area code, needs area code using closed dialing plan.
Contents |
For mobile is 030 and then 8-digit serial number. Fixed phone is 2-digit area code then 7-digit serial number. Fixed phone in Pyongyang is 031 and 033 then 7-digit serial number.
LIST OF ALLOCATIONS IN 2011[1] | |||
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Area Code | Region | ||
030 | Mobile | ||
031 | Pyongyang (zone 1) | ||
033 | Pyongyang (zone 2) | ||
04 | Kwanso | ||
05 | Kwanbuk | ||
06 | Haeso | ||
07 | Kwannam | ||
08 | Kwandong |
Previously (until 1993), Pyongyang area codes was not separated into two zones, and all "subscriber number" was added from 5 to 7 digits in late 90's. Pyongyang numbers were 03-xxxxx, then changed to 031-xxxxx and 033-xxxxx. 031 and 033 is separated by Taedong River, by all districts in the east of Taedong is 031, and in the west is 033.
In number change, all 5-digit numbers were changed to 7-digit numbers, district code has been added:
Location | Area code | Subscriber number | NSN length |
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Pyongyang (capital city) | 3 digits (031) | 7 digits | 9 digits |
Countryside | 2 digits (0X) | 7 digits | 8 digits |
Mobiles | 3 digits (030) | 8 digits | 10 digits |
Little is known about phone numbers in the rest of the country, as phone numbers outside Pyongyang and Rason are not able to be dialled from overseas and are hence not advertised in any overseas publications.
Overseas callers to North Korea will usually need to go through the international operator service on +850 2 18111. A select few numbers (mostly fax numbers) are able to be dialled directly, without operator assistance.
Phone numbers in Pyongyang which can call internationally and which can receive calls internationally always begin with 381 in the local number, e.g. +850 2 381 xxxx.[2] These numbers cannot be dialled domestically and cannot make calls domestically, so usually an organisation with international connectivity will have a 381 international number and a 382 domestic number. For example, the British Embassy in Pyongyang can be dialled as +850 2 381 7980 internationally and 02 382 7980 domestically.[3] 381 numbers can, however, call other 381 numbers domestically.[4]
Many lines in the Rason Economic Special Zone can also be direct-dialled from outside the country, as many foreign companies (mostly Chinese and Russian) are active in the region.[5]
Calls between North Korea and South Korea are barred[6] except to/from Kaesong Industrial Region.