The entrance of Internet Cafe in Chong-jin -- The store sign says, "Information Communication Technology Store"
N. Korean teenagers playing a computer game inside
The inside of the Internet cafe
Posted on 07/12/2005 8:32:55 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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N. Korea: Internet Cafe
The following photos show an Internet Cafe in Chong-jin, N. Korea. It is equipped with second-hand S. Korean PC's imported via China.
It is not connected to outside world, only to internal N. Korean network. Games and e-mail service are available.
It offers instruction for computer skills for 20,000 won per month (NOTE: N. Korean average monthly salary: 2,000 ~ 3,000 won, and 2,000 won = $1)
Definitely not for the ordinary folks.
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The entrance of Internet Cafe in Chong-jin -- The store sign says, "Information Communication Technology Store" |
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N. Korean teenagers playing a computer game inside |
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The inside of the Internet cafe |
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| A press conference on July 12 at the office of 'Network for N. Korean Democracy and Human Rights,' where the photos above were shown to media. |
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Ping!
Nice chairs!
Would be that funny if one internet user was surfing FR LOL!
Does anyone recognize the game?
I would laugh my butt off if it were the Tom Clancy shooter I think it is.
I'm almost positive the game is counter strike. I used to play it like 10 hours a day my freshman year in college and for those who know competitive gaming I was in a cal-m clan.
""N. Korean average monthly salary: 2,000 ~ 3,000 won, and 2,000 won = $1""
avg N Korean earns $1 per month???
20,000 won sounds like a ton of won!;)
""N. Korean average monthly salary: 2,000 ~ 3,000 won, and 2,000 won = $1""
Ah yes....life in the workers paradise
Could be...could be...the irony is, of course, that there is not plot other then counter-terrorists trying to put an end to the terrorist existence.
It might be Counter-Strike...
sounds like 10 ton of won.
I guess they don't want them to get to too comfortable
Okay... I give up. What was the undercover operative sent in there for in the first place????????? All it looks like is a bunch of people sitting on milk crates playing Splinter Cell!
Yes. Comfort and North Korea usually aren't words found in the same sentence.
Apparently, he is working for a Japanese human right organization. His alias is "Kim Man-chul." This is not his first time. I think that the video is legit.
Notice "Hyon", i.e. Big Brother peering over those kids shoulders, making sure they stay within People's Paradise surfing rules. I am sure such 'cafe's have more 'PSB agents', than coffee. Maybe they serve Tree Bark Tea.
Tree Bark Tea
I am sure you can market it at trendy cafe in metropolis in blue zone. It could work.:-)
"Information Communication Technology Store".......idiots.....don't they call a TV an Electronic Moving Picture Light Box with Sound or something to that effect?
Commie taste of vocabulary is always depressing.
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