A North Korean PC?

The Hermit Kingdom makes computers

North Korea is now in the PC manufacturing business. According to the country’s state-run news service, a modest factory is making three models of computers: two for educational use and one for business use.

Asian tech manufacturing giants Japan and China need not worry about any sort of burgeoning technology boom in the Hermit Kingdom, however. The report showed a factory that looked more like it was from 1981, rather than 2011. PC World reports the TV news spot featured workers doing menial tasks long-ago assigned to automated systems in powerhouse factories in China.

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