Update at 1010 KST: This article has been amended to correct a translation issue.
A North Korean company recently unveiled a smartphone app aimed at helping women manage their weight, the externally-focused state-run website DPRK Today reported on Tuesday.
The software, developed by the “Pyongyang Kyemyong Technology Development Company,” is named “Female Health Journal,” according to the website.
In an article titled “Smartphone software program that helps female health management,” DPRK Today reported that the app offers features including “calculating Body Mass Index (BMI),” “calculating daily caloric requirement,” and “30-day workout.”
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Update at 1010 KST: This article has been amended to correct a translation issue.
A North Korean company recently unveiled a smartphone app aimed at helping women manage their weight, the externally-focused state-run website DPRK Today reported on Tuesday.
Jeongmin Kim is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. She previously worked for the CSIS Korea Chair and in the Seoul bureau of Reuters news agency. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim
