North Korea

Communications

North Korea

Broadcast media

there is a lack of independent media; radios and televisions are set to government channels; there are 4 television stations owned by the state; the Korean Central Broadcasting Station is operated by the Korean Workers' Party, while the state-controlled Voice of Korea provides an external broadcasting service; the government bans the reception of foreign broadcasts and employs jamming techniques (2019)

Internet country code

.kp

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions

1.18 million (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

4 (2022 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions

6.35 million (2022 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

24 (2022 est.)