Internet of Things-style technology has come to North Korea, state TV showed on Wednesday, with domestically produced tablet devices that allow users to interact with machine equipment located remotely in factories.

The Byeol Mu Ri or ‘Star Group’ device – a seven-inch flash tablet – was shown helping users remotely work with equipment throughout North Korea, the Korea Central TV (KCTV) news broadcast showed.

The device was described as being equipped with Human Machine Interface (HMI) software, whose “mission” is to monitor and control devices involved in factory operations in real time, KCTV said.

Like the Internet of Things, related HMI