Quick Response Codes, or QR Codes, commonly used for information downloads on mobile devices, are beginning to appear in Pyongyang, according to reports by the Singapore-based NGO Choson Exchange in early February.
Choson Exchange, which supports North Korean “entrepreneurs through business, economics and legal knowledge-sharing,” said the codes first appeared at sites in the capital during 2016.
Quick Response Codes, or QR Codes, commonly used for information downloads on mobile devices, are beginning to appear in Pyongyang, according to reports by the Singapore-based NGO Choson Exchange in early February.
Choson Exchange, which supports North Korean “entrepreneurs through business, economics and legal knowledge-sharing,” said the codes first appeared at sites in the capital during 2016.
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