North Korea has extensively upgraded its naenara.com.kp news portal, adding new functionality, media, and revamping the site’s layout in a process beginning on September 29.

The North Korean site is normally home to detailed information (by North Korean standards) on tourism and investment in the DPRK, while also featuring short news pieces and reposts from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

But Naenara’s previous layout was relatively simplistic, usually limited to text, the occasional photo and usually often downloads of pdf documents.

“They redesigned the site, I first noticed this on the news page … It seems like they rolled