North Korea’s Supreme Leader has authorised the launch of a ‘netflix’ style video streaming service being called ‘Manbang’ – which literally translates as ‘every direction’.
The service is intended to give citizens an on-demand service similar to the revolutionary American one Netflix – where viewers can choose at any point in time what they want to watch.
The state run Korean State television announced that viewers would have to purchase set-top boxes, called ‘Manbang’ – which they have to plug into their tv’s.
“The Manbang is said to allow viewers to watch five different TV channels in real-time, all featuring state-sanctioned news and educational programmes, and find information about the activities of Kim Jong-un and Juche ideology.” the Guardian wrote. “Users can also read articles from the official newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the Korean Central News Agency.”
It would also provide programming in Russian and English.
Unfortunately, this being North Korea, it’s difficult to see how many people have a proper internet connection to assess the service – even considering that programming would be heavily filtered by Kim Jong-un.
 

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