Found something interesting while digging through some old news. According to Chosun Ilbo, Orascom of Egypt, seemingly the sole wireless phone service provider in North Korea, said it now has about 6,000 mobile subscribers in the country. Well, we don't even have to go as far as China Mobile's 300 million subscribers to dwarf the 6,000, but I think it's a meaningful start though. I hope more widespread usage of mobile communication will help the country get more open and developed, thereby helping the economic situation and the quality of life in North Korea, in quite bad shape as attested by the picture below, get better. (What a stark contrast, by the way!)
