A North Korean company has launched an online shopping platform for North Korean businesspersons, with a platform to upload information about products and directly exchange opinions with buyers, multiple articles in state media have revealed.

However, it is possible the website’s developers have borrowed major parts of its user interface from Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Naver, one of South Korea’s major internet companies.

“Recently, the Yeonpung Commercial Information Tech Company [rough translation] has developed a website called ‘Manmulsang’ to provide commercial services that can be used via the national computer network and mobile communications,” Arirang-Meari, a North Korean outlet,