Where is the QR code...? by Thomas Leuthard on 2013-04-27 14:06:45
Quick Response Codes, or QR Codes, commonly used for information downloads on mobile devices, are beginning to appear in Pyongyang, according to reports by the Singapore-based NGO Choson Exchange in early February.
Choson Exchange, which supports North Korean “entrepreneurs through business, economics and legal knowledge-sharing,” said the codes first appeared at sites in the capital during 2016.
“In Pyongyang, these codes have been showing up in all kinds of ways in the last six months: to mark exhibition items at the Sci-Tech Complex, in inventory systems at supermarkets, and on consumer products,” a February 1 post on
Quick Response Codes, or QR Codes, commonly used for information downloads on mobile devices, are beginning to appear in Pyongyang, according to reports by the Singapore-based NGO Choson Exchange in early February.
Choson Exchange, which supports North Korean “entrepreneurs through business, economics and legal knowledge-sharing,” said the codes first appeared at sites in the capital during 2016.
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Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI who formerly worked on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.