A video showing the “state-of-the-art” Pyongyang metro, on which passengers read news via their smartphones, was aired through the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, Friday.
In the KCNA video, a middle-aged man can be seen scrolling through Rodong Shinmun, the North’s official newspaper, on his smartphone.
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(Yonhap) |
Titles of the news articles are shown on the phone screen, in which the names Kim Jong-un and Kim Il-sung, the current leader and nation’s founder, respectively, are highlighted in bold.
The video shows many other passengers in the metro car using smartphones as well, a scene consciously chosen to display how Pyongyang citizens are enjoying up-to-date technologies in their daily lives.
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(Yonhap) |
The video also highlighted high-tech facilities installed on the metro, including a TV screen showing live news.
The metro car has been identified as a specialty model launched in October 2015 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Rodong Party’s foundation.
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(Yonhap) |
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