Communications in North Korea

Communications in North Korea

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.1 million (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1999)

Telephone system:
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Russian (Indian Ocean Region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing

Radio broadcast stations: AM 16, FM 14, shortwave 12 (1999)

Radios: 3.36 million (1997)

Visitors are not allowed to bring a radio. As part of the government's information blockade[?] policy, North Korean radios and televisions must be modified to only receive government stations. These modified radios and televisions are also subject to inspection at random. Listening to foreign radio broadcasts is considered a serious crime in the DPRK, which is considered by many to be the most isolated country on Earth.

 
Television broadcast stations:

38 (1999)

Televisions: 1.2 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA

Country code: KP