New Delhi: Millions of people use smartphones in North Korea. According to a report, about 44 percent of the total population of North Korea uses mobile. Do you know how people install apps in mobile here? Only Android Based Devices are seen in North Korea. In other countries, to install any app inside the mobile handset, one has to go to Google Play Store or Virtual App Store, after that you can install the app in the phone. The rule of app installation in North Korea is different.
People of North Korea have to go to the app store
To install apps in mobile in North Korea, one has to go to the physical app store, information of which we have got from media reports. Users in North Korea cannot access the worldwide internet, here only a few users get the internet service of this country. Its name is Intranet.
These apps are installed here only
The apps present here are developed in North Korea itself. Shopping apps, gaming apps and social media apps etc. are available here. According to the report of nknews.org, the name of the most popular app here is My Companion, which works as a combination of Netflix and eBook Reader. Similarly, there are many apps available.
Apps are installed from physical shops
When North Korean people have to install apps, they have to follow a very strange process. North Korean people do not have access to the Internet. For this, they have to go to the physical app store, from where they can download the apps approved by the North Korean government. Technicians present at these physical stores can install the apps. However, some users also share the apps by copying and pasting them in the memory card.
How to use internet in North Korea
Only a few thousand people in North Korea have access to the Internet around the world. The rest of the people have access to a domestic intranet. This Internet has been named Kwangmyong. This is a network controlled by the government, on which people get censored information.
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