....We didn't have this kind of thing so available in Romanian hearthrob Nicolae Ceaucescu's final days....but what was not in short supply then (as now) is the fundamental will of the People for uncontrolled information and to be FREE. What an interesting phenomenon to watch over the next few months and years.
God Bless Them. We would all hope dictator Kim Jong-il, little dictator in the making Kim Jong-chol, and the leadership of the Korean Workers Party in Pyongyang are brought down in part by this available and unstoppable technology.
How ironic that it is the Communist Chinese entrepreneurs who are bringing this tech into the DPRK.
And a final note: (Were it not Japanese technology which the DPRK procures both on the open market and under the surface, the North Korean regime might have already collapsed. They use Japanese technology to strengthen their nuclear and ICBM technology as well as keep the people from freely communicating. All the while, Taepodong and Rodong missiles are pointed at Japan. Shame!)
[FYI, A detailed Korean-language chat room discussion on this article, taking place among South Koreans, is occuring right now at THIS URL: http://www.chosun.com/politics/news/200412/200412020405.html
anyong haseyo! oregan manimnidda.... bump!
Isn't a "crackling line" an artifact of weather and/or moisture conditions over analog telephone service using real copper?
Jeez, the Commies can't even get cell phone service right.
I think the Chinese will sell anything to just about anybody these days.
A revolution is in the works in North Korea, I think.
A second Korean War is not out of the question in the next decade. If we do get involved (which we will, and should) at the aid of South Korea, I think we will have the help of thousands of North Koreans aiding in the overthrow of Lil' Kim's regime.
Either that, or Kim's already dead.
ping
I read a book in 1980 called "Your next fifty years" By Dr. Robert Prehoda. In it he predicted that within twenty years, your phone number would be your personal phone that you would carry with you. It seemed preposterous at the time, but...
One of his other predictions was that the Soviet Union would fall because, as the government became unable to shield its subjects from communication with the outside world, the inevitable unrest regarding their inevitable knowledge of their social and economic condition relative to the rest of the world would lead to the countrys downfall.
He was right on both counts.
Looks like it will apply to NK too. Wonder if they'll go down without a fight?
This what you call Korean can you hear now LOL!