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Inside a North Korean mobile app

South Korean technology expert investigates a North Korean mobile app

A South Korean technology expert has looked into mobile game apps made by a North Korean programmer to see what kind of programs he or she used, and how far North Korea's mobile app-making skills have come.

The target app was called "Nice Pig." made by the username "Youngil Kim" or "silverstar1010," and was made through widely used programs such as java eclipse, Cocos2D and the iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK).

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