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North Korea develops “portable and foldable” solar panel: state media

DPRK Today says device can be folded to "paper-size"

Update at 1000 KST: This article has been amended to include a picture published today of the new technology

North Korean scientists have developed "a light and foldable" solar panel which can be "carried inside a backpack and... installed at any place", state media reported on Thursday.

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