{"id":4710,"date":"2026-05-06T03:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/4710\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:54:08","slug":"north-koreas-new-own-brand-phone-is-sleek-colourful-and-possibly-watching-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/4710\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s new own-brand phone is sleek, colourful \u2013 and possibly watching you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/north-korea?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North Korea<\/a> welcomed foreign visitors and firms to a trade fair this week, showcasing home-grown products including the latest model of its sleek Jindallae smartphone.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Diplomatically isolated and under biting sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programmes, North Korea has an ageing manufacturing base which analysts doubt has the ability to make high-quality consumer technology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Still, Pyongyang has touted Jindallae \u2013 \u201cazalea\u201d in Korean \u2013 as a convenient way for citizens to stay connected, albeit through a strictly controlled domestic network.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The devices, which come in a range of colours and feature a large circular camera module with multiple lenses, have been on display at the Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair, the country\u2019s largest.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Photos showed visitors browsing stalls at the event on Monday, with state media saying \u201cmore than 290 enterprises and companies\u201d from North Korea, Russia, China, Mongolia, Switzerland and Thailand were represented.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Visitors browse Jindallae mobile phones during the Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair opening on Monday. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/46fd4cb3-bff6-4236-ab14-39c877d9dcc1_86567c8f.jpg\" title=\"Visitors browse Jindallae mobile phones during the Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair opening on Monday. Photo: AFP\"\/>Visitors browse Jindallae mobile phones during the Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair opening on Monday. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">There was no information on how many people attended or where they had come from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Korea welcomed foreign visitors and firms to a trade fair this week, showcasing home-grown products including the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4018,134,4019,4020,31,3140,4021,132,34,4017,129,137,33,4022,130],"class_list":["post-4710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-north-korea","tag-arirang","tag-china","tag-international-telecommunications-union","tag-jindallae","tag-korea","tag-martyn-williams","tag-mongolia","tag-moscow","tag-north-korea","tag-phurunhanal","tag-pyongyang","tag-russia","tag-south-korea","tag-switzerland","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}