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                        North Korean IT Company Reportedly Launches in Russia's Vladivostok
                        07 Oct 2025 14:05 GMT
                         …  to be associated with North Korea’s Red Star Technology Exchange Company, the … , Red Star 4.0, released between 2018 and 2019. Built on Linux, the …  distribution of Red Star OS, which is primarily used within North Korea, but … 
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                        INFORMATION WARFARE: Why North Korea Has So Many PC Users
                        29 Jun 2022 11:09 GMT
                        
                           …  military, projects. North Korea uses hundreds of local hackers …  after 2017.
                          North Korea resisted consumer electronics for … Korea.)
                          The North Korea PCs use a locally developed “hack proof” Red Star … system, a version of Linux (Red Star) in the Korean language …
                         
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                        North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
                        02 Feb 2022 17:25 GMT
                        
                           … the outside world. 
                          Some North Korea watchers pointed out that the … rattling. 
                          But responsibility for North Korea's ongoing internet outages … North Korea's own national homebrew operating system, known as Red Star … and likely vulnerable version of Linux.
                         
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                        North Korea launches an ebook to spread ideology among its people
                        11 Jul 2019 11:19 GMT
                        
                           … packed with writings by North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung … Windows and North Korea’s own Linux-based Red Star.
                          North Korea is looking to … technology, BBC notes. Although North Korea runs its own state-sanctioned … only 28 sites using North Korea’s .KP top level  …
                         
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                        North Korea develops software to teach ideology
                        11 Jul 2019 20:35 GMT
                        
                           … – including Windows and North Korea’s Linux-based Red Star – and the plan is … news and entertainment entering North Korea on portable devices like  …  for the authorities.
                          North Korea’s approach has been to … are being used in North Korea, which has a population  …
                         
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                        South Korea is switching to Linux ahead of the Windows 7 shutdown
                        20 May 2019 12:59 GMT
                        SOUTH KOREA has become the latest country  …  already uses a customised Linux distro called Red Star, but it got more …  will throw money at South Korea in an attempt to change …  seem to have put South Korea off though, with plans for … 
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                        Trump Kim summit: Whatever happens, North Korea-US cyberwar will rage on
                        11 Jun 2018 21:42 GMT
                        
                           … uranium enrichment program in North Korea -- an allegation repeatedly  … through the state's Red Star operating system and firewalls.  …  in North Korea's image.
                          Aside from Red Star -- which …  as Linux and Unix tools and exploits.
                          While North Korea appears …
                         
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                        FAQ: How Are STIGs, SRGs, SCAP, and CCIs Related?
                        27 Jul 2024 03:54 GMT
                        
                           …  Microsoft Windows, Apple OS, or Linux, rather than having to develop …  in North Korea, so they have their own operating system, Red Star OS … ; instead, it is based on Linux architecture.
                          At the same time …
                         
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                        Welcome to the splinternet – where freedom of expression is suppressed and repressed, and Big Brother is watching
                        04 Jan 2021 22:15 GMT
                         …  sovereign internet government structures. North Korea has Kwangmyong, a centrally administered …  via a heavily monitored Linux distro called Red Star. Cuba has RedCubana, an … 
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                        Chinese military to replace Windows OS amid fears of US hacking
                        28 May 2019 11:38 GMT
                        
                           …  anything from smart TVs to Linux servers, and from routers to … .
                          In the late 90s, North Korea also developed a custom operating …  Red Star OS. The OS is still alive, it is a Linux distro …  to use Windows, Mac, and Linux in parallel.
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