＜Inside N. Korea＞ Key Institutions Replace Chinese PCs with Domestic Products - Widespread Virus Infections and Information Leak Concerns - Components Still Chinese-Made

◆ About 250$ per Unit - Must Purchase with Independent Budgets

However, the newly introduced domestic PCs are not provided free by the government; each institution must budget and purchase them. According to the reporting partner, the price is 1,800 yuan per unit, approximately 250 dollars.

"Instructions have been issued that all documents reported to central authorities in the future must be prepared using the new domestic computers," the reporting partner said. Each institution will somehow manage to arrange budgets and proceed with the transition to domestic PCs.

※ASIAPRESS communicates with its reporting partners through Chinese cell phones smuggled into North Korea.

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