webfact Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 North Korea issues mobile phone etiquette guidelines(BBC) Mobile phone use in North Korea has become so widespread that state media have begun issuing guidelines on manners for using them, it seems.An article in a quarterly culture magazine says the growing use of mobiles has brought a "tendency among some people to neglect proper phone etiquette", according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap.The problems highlighted are not too different from those outside the isolated communist state: "Speaking loudly or arguing over the phone in public places where many people are gathered is thoughtless and impolite behaviour," one stricture reads.To cut down on unnecessary chatter, people should introduce themselves when accepting a call, even though on mobiles - "unlike on land-lines" - the caller's number is generally known, the magazine says. This, it adds, will avoid inquiries such as "Hello? Is it you, comrade Yeong-cheol?"Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29409805 -- BBC 2014-09-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm happy to see that all the other problems have been solved in North Korea and now they can focus on mobile phone etiquette guidelines. The other thing I was surprized is, can they afford to have mobile phones there? Or this is planning for the future when their dear leader snuffs it and they are free to live a better life? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seastallion Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm happy to see that all the other problems have been solved in North Korea and now they can focus on mobile phone etiquette guidelines. other thing I was surprizeThe d is, can they afford to have mobile phones there? Or this is planning for the future when their dear leader snuffs it and they are free to live a better life? Yes....it makes me wonder how much truth and how much propaganda is in the stories we are told of their impoverished state. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yonhap omitted one more guideline in it's reporting: Do not eat your mobile, even if it has an apple logo. It is not nutritious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Think about it guys. It is Asia. There are the rich and the rest even in DNK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprq Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm happy to see that all the other problems have been solved in North Korea and now they can focus on mobile phone etiquette guidelines. other thing I was surprizeThe d is, can they afford to have mobile phones there? Or this is planning for the future when their dear leader snuffs it and they are free to live a better life? Yes....it makes me wonder how much truth and how much propaganda is in the stories we are told of their impoverished state. Watch or listen to a few decent documentaries on YouTube or the web, especially those with defectors and refugees' accounts, and you will know very well that this is the most abysmal and abusive regime on the planet. As to phones, they are probably basic, dirt-cheap ones that the better off people can afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rethaier Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It appears that the HISO (as they are the only ones who could afford a mobile) are as rude in NK as elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamhar Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Maybe they can issue a similar guideline for their diplomatic corp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yonhap omitted one more guideline in it's reporting: Do not eat your mobile, even if it has an apple logo. It is not nutritious. And has the profile of a banana.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max72 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm happy to see that all the other problems have been solved in North Korea and now they can focus on mobile phone etiquette guidelines. other thing I was surprizeThe d is, can they afford to have mobile phones there? Or this is planning for the future when their dear leader snuffs it and they are free to live a better life? Yes....it makes me wonder how much truth and how much propaganda is in the stories we are told of their impoverished state. Mobile phones are now quite widespread in Pyongyang, but not much outside the capital. Of course, all traffic is monitored and it is impossible to make or receive international calls. I think there is no Internet access or a very limited access to a national network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm happy to see that all the other problems have been solved in North Korea and now they can focus on mobile phone etiquette guidelines. other thing I was surprizeThe d is, can they afford to have mobile phones there? Or this is planning for the future when their dear leader snuffs it and they are free to live a better life? Yes....it makes me wonder how much truth and how much propaganda is in the stories we are told of their impoverished state. Watch or listen to a few decent documentaries on YouTube or the web, especially those with defectors and refugees' accounts, and you will know very well that this is the most abysmal and abusive regime on the planet. As to phones, they are probably basic, dirt-cheap ones that the better off people can afford. I think you're being naive to believe those documentaries and interviews. I'm not saying that things are awful in North Korea, just that there's no reason to think those interviews aren't propaganda, or heavily exaggerated description by the people seeking refuge/asylum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacChang Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 The mobile phone wallpapers must have their glorious handsome cute leader on it or else you will get barely any signal on your phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wat dee Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm happy to see that all the other problems have been solved in North Korea and now they can focus on mobile phone etiquette guidelines. other thing I was surprizeThe d is, can they afford to have mobile phones there? Or this is planning for the future when their dear leader snuffs it and they are free to live a better life? Yes....it makes me wonder how much truth and how much propaganda is in the stories we are told of their impoverished state. Are you saying that FOX is NOT telling the whole truth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realenglish1 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Why not have Miss North Korea as wallpaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Coincidentally North Korean shops also began selling the locally produced SmartPhone specially designed for local conditions (string not included). Edited September 30, 2014 by Suradit69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter1882 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It is not widely known in the west that the dear leader invented the mobile phone, actually while he was scoring 51 for eighteen holes on the pyonyang course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimjim Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yonhap omitted one more guideline in it's reporting: Do not eat your mobile, even if it has an apple logo. It is not nutritious. And has the profile of a banana.. I did some business once with a Korean gent named Ham In Bum. No, this is not a joke. I still have his business card. I wonder what suitable alternative names would be for Our Dear Leader who invented the mobile phone and regularly holes in one on the golf course. Any suggestions please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 And if the censor would stop slurping "Bibimguksu" in the background maybe I could hear my conversation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBouy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Coincidentally North Korean shops also began selling the locally produced SmartPhone specially designed for local conditions (string not included). Maybe keeping the string tight is what all the yelling is about! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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