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What it's like to use a computer in North Korea

Steven Tweedie   

What it's like to use a computer in North Korea
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North Korea Red Star Computer

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A North Korean student using a computer at Kim Il Sung University.

When former Google employee Will Scott had the chance to visit the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, he also purchased a copy of North Korea's "Red Star 3" operating system before returning to America.

Little was publicly known about Red Star 3.

North Korea used to use Windows, but it has since created Red Star 3, which is designed to look a lot like Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

From stunning and picturesque wallpapers to removing South Korea from the available time zones, here's what it's like to use a computer in North Korea.

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