Wi-Fi installed at North Korean hotel, pictures confirm

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Wi-Fi installed at North Korean hotel, pictures confirm

Hidden network facilitates web access from Pyongyang hotel, source says

Chad O'Carroll October 2, 2018

Wi-Fi installed at North Korean hotel, pictures confirm

NK News

A Wi-Fi internet access point has been installed at Pyongyang's Potonggang Hotel, a September-dated photo obtained by NK News shows.

The rare Wi-Fi system, first reported by AP journalist Eric Talmadge last month, broadcasts a hidden signal allowing approved users at the hotel to gain online access, a source who visited the hotel explained.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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