North Korea's new tablet is surprisingly good

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[Time Published November 01, 2013 at 10:32PM]

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North Korea is best known for its crushingly oppressive government and comically inept space program — but new reports suggest that the country may be producing a surprisingly respectable touchscreen tablet. A state-produced device called the Samjiyon has been making the rounds at Asian trade shows all year, attracting the attention of both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal . The hardware isn't as bad as you might think, handling common apps like Angry Birds with noticeable but not uncommon levels of lag. Mostly, it works.

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North Korea returns six S Koreans

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[Time Published October 26, 2013 at 01:13AM]

[ < - - Content ] North Korea returns six South Korean men, aged between 27 and 67, to their homeland, South Korean officials say, in a rare handover. [ - - > ]



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