Posted on 08/22/2016 9:42:43 AM PDT by wbill
North Korea announced last week that it’s launching Manbang (“Mon-bahng”), what it’s calling a “Netflix style video-on-demand.” Manbang literally translates to “everywhere” in Korean, and North Korea hopes the device will be ubiquitous.
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According to NKnews.org, the set-top box has two primary features: replaying documentary films about Kim Jong Un and his leadership and providing language-learning resources — for Russian and English. Users can search for programs by typing the title or browsing through categories, which may be the only feature that it shares with Netflix
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First they make “Dong” missiles that fail to launch. Now they create a video streaming service called “Man-bang”. NK just can’t seem to name things that translate well.
North Korea has television? I didn’t think they even had electricity.
WOW. This is great......if only they had electricity.
I should have read all the posts before I posted. Well At least we think alike.
Should we tell him?
“It’s good to be the king” - spoken by Mel Brooks.
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