Instagrams Flow as North Korea Activates New Mobile Internet

North Korea, which has a reputation for isolationism as opposed to connectivity, has activated a new 3G mobile Internet network called Koryolink geared primarily for foreigners to access the web, text, tweet and upload photos and video.

North Korean citizens, who are governed differently than foreigners, can use Koryolink to text and read official state news, but not to access the larger global web -- provided they can afford the fairly expensive service in the first place.

The country's government recently allowed foreigners to bring their own mobile phones from abroad as a precursor to the network's activation, according to the Associated Press.

Reporters inside North Korea have…
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