The strange reason North Korean email addresses are designed to fail



Features The strange reason North Korean email addresses are designed to fail North Korean factories and service providers increasingly embrace the web, but emails remain a major business setback Chad O'Carroll July 28, 2020 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON NK News North Korea is becoming increasingly digitized: In recent years, official websites promoting the services of state tourism companies have cropped up on the web. The DPRK's Foreign Trade Publishing House puts out a quarterly online magazine that advertises North Korean products for export. Kim Il Sung University took up an online presence in hopes of attracting students from foreign countries, and an online shopping hub promotes locally-produced commodities. But despite North Korea's ever-expanding efforts to promote its products and services overseas, a fundamental problem sets back the vast majority of this work: email addresses that bounce all communications. North Korea is becoming increasingly digitized: In recent years, official websites promoting the services of state tourism companies have cropped up on the web. The DPRK's Foreign Trade Publishing House puts out a quarterly online magazine that advertises North Korean products for export. Kim Il Sung University took up an online presence in hopes of attracting students from foreign countries, and an online shopping hub promotes locally-produced commodities. But despite North Korea's ever-expanding efforts to promote its products and services overseas, a fundamental problem sets back the vast majority of this work: email addresses that bounce all communications. Try unlimited access Only $1 for four weeks Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

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The strange reason North Korean email addresses are designed to fail

North Korean factories and service providers increasingly embrace the web, but emails remain a major business setback

Chad O'Carroll July 28, 2020

The strange reason North Korean email addresses are designed to fail

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North Korea is becoming increasingly digitized: In recent years, official websites promoting the services of state tourism companies have cropped up on the web. The DPRK's Foreign Trade Publishing House puts out a quarterly online magazine that advertises North Korean products for export. Kim Il Sung University took up an online presence in hopes of attracting students from foreign countries, and an online shopping hub promotes locally-produced commodities.

But despite North Korea's ever-expanding efforts to promote its products and services overseas, a fundamental problem sets back the vast majority of this work: email addresses that bounce all communications.

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