North Korea has unveiled what it says is a domestically-produced smartphone.
Industry analysts say the "Arirang", built around Google's Android OS, is likely manufactured in neighbouring China.
The existence of the phone, named after a famous Korean folk song, came to light during a factory inspection by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the weekend.
During the tour, Kim was given a detailed briefing on the "performance, quality and packing of the Arirang hand phone", Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.
North Korea is one of the most isolated and censored societies on the planet and some analysts suggest the "Arirang" is aimed at getting North Koreans to use an officially-approved phone that can be properly monitored.
While internet access is virtually non-existent in North Korea, which comes bottom of any media freedom survey, the country is not a complete IT desert.
Mobile phones were introduced in 2008 through a joint venture with the Egyptian telecom firm Orascom, which says there are now two million users in North Korea.
A domestic intranet was launched in 2002 and some state bodies have their own websites.
Subscribers to the sole mobile phone system provider, Koryolink, can call each other, but not outside the country.
The intranet is cut off from the rest of the world, allowing its very limited number of users to exchange only state-approved information.
Access to the full-blown internet is for the super-elite only, meaning a few hundred people or maybe 1,000 at most.
For all the regime's efforts, the information barrier erected around North Korea has, in recent years, begun to crumble.
Smuggled Chinese mobile phones allow people near the border to connect with Chinese servers and make international calls, while re-wired TVs allow access to outside broadcasting.
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