March 28, 2024
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What to buy inside a North Korean app store

From video games to language learning, Pyongyangites increasingly have plenty of choices

Alek Sigley is a graduate student at Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung University and runs the North Korea tour company Tongil Tours. You can read his first column for NK News here.

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