North Korea’s digital sector has witnessed numerous significant developments in the past five years, with a surprising range of e-commerce platforms, online services, and new hardware systems emerging. Together, these are providing both the state and its citizens new opportunities across a range of sectors.

Notably, even though the vast majority of North Koreans continue to be prohibited from accessing the internet and communicating overseas, online modernizations are helping more DPRK citizens than ever buy, sell, learn, and communicate.

And as a result of the state allowing and, in some cases, catalyzing the growth