

Personal computers are available in North Korea - in 2011, state TV reported that there were three new models being manufactured there - and there is a North Korean operating system, similar to Linux, called "Red Star." But most of the hardware North Korea has touted has been shown to be Chinese. Kim was photographed in February with a smartphone that looked like either an HTC model or an iPhone 3 - or even a Samsung, the South Korean company.


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