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North Korean company advertising domestically-made “iPad”

Company using trademarked product name to advertise domestic tablet computer

A North Korean company is advertising a domestic tablet computer under the copyrighted name of one of Apple Inc.’s flagship products – the “iPad” – the DPRK’s latest edition of Foreign Trade magazine shows.

Made by the Myohyang IT Company, the device’s advertisement calls the tablet computer a “Ryonghung IPad”.

“Ryonghung iPad is now popular among customers,” the marketing copy reads. “It can perform a range of functions such as reading different sources of digital information, office work and documentation. And it also has more than 40 apps.”

“The iPad has been certified by the local GMP system, and highly