North Korea releases video game analysis says both for money and technology

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 leader Kim Jong-il has found an unexpected helper to help his impoverished regime earn cash: Jeff (Jeff Bridges), the protagonist in the film "The Murder of Green Toes" (The Big Lebowski), is a "city dweller". North Korea's Nosotek joint venture company, which sells North Korea's software to foreign customers, said that in 2007, the Bridges programmer wrote a mobile bowling game on the basis of the film starring 1998, and also wrote a "Aliens attack on Black Men" (Men in Black:aien assault) game.  A News Corp spokesman said that one of the group's departments was responsible for releasing the two games. Kim Jong-il has given strong support to the North's software industry to boost North Korea's economic growth and improve workers ' skills. The release of the two games is a testament to the effectiveness of Kim Jong Il's policy.  As for News Corp, their approach is not illegal, because under United Nations sanctions on North Korea, it is legal to contract with a  company as long as it does not deal with the arms trade. From the  government's point of view, acquiring foreign currency is the main reason for fostering such activities. Andrei Lankov, a Korean expert at the National University of Korea, Andre Lankov said, "These activities can finance the government, while also allowing technicians access to knowledge from outside." "The level of science and technology Education for university students in North Korea has increased markedly, with hundreds of or even thousands of employees in North Korea," said Volc Eloser Volker Eloesser, co-founder of the Nodotek joint venture. "Double-edged sword but Kim Heung Kwang, who has been teaching computer science for 19 years and fled to South Korea in 2004, points out that trained programmers will also strengthen North Korea's cyber warfare capabilities.  July 28, the South Korean President's office said South Korea has received intelligence that North Korea may plan to launch a cyber attack.  Last October, South Korea's national intelligence chief, SEI, said North Korea attacked dozens of websites in South Korea and the United States in July 2009.  On August 30 this year, Barack Obama, US president, decided to expand U.S. sanctions against North Korea and freeze the assets of some  officials, companies and government agencies suspected of supporting the  arms industry "illegal activities and fraudulent activities".  Search for cyber warfare capabilities? "Any deal that provides money to the  government is against U.S. policy," said James Lewis, senior researcher at Center for Strategic and Analysys Studies, the Centre for Strategic and International Relations in Washington. The coding skills acquired by  programmers from outsourced engineering are likely to strengthen North Korea's cyber warfare and cyber-espionage capabilities, with mobile phones as the new hacking front.Kim Heung Kwang points out that North Korea has been nurturing the information technology industry since the 1980s to boost economic growth.  Kim Heung Kwang revealed that North Korea also formed a cyber-warfare force in the late 1990s. But Eloser denied it, noting that there was no connection between game design and cyber espionage. "Who can train  technicians?" We do not have the so-called cyber warfare knowledge. We just teach them how to write games, which is harmless.  "Eloser said. Nosotek vice president of the joint venture, Ju Jong Chol, said Nosotek is a joint venture between the  science and Technology administration and foreign investors. He revealed that the science and Technology Administration staff also developed a mobile phone bowling game and "black man."  Eloser confirmed this statement. Juliane Walther, spokesman for Julian Walser's Fox Mobile, said the two games were issued by Ojom GmbH, the group's Jamba Company, which was renamed Fox Mobile.  In the May 2008 reorganization, Ojom was withdrawn. Asked whether Fox Mobile is now launching a  game, Walther said the company "has extensive partnerships with content producers and operators in various fields, as well as with the world's largest media companies, including many Asian companies." "More details in the Walther said the company could not provide more information on the location of its partners, nor could it confirm whether and how the  company was involved in game development.  Dan Berger, spokesman for News Corp in New York, also declined to comment on the Dan Bog. Background 2003, Eloser founded Elocom Mobile Entertainment GmbH, which later became a subsidiary of Ojom. Eloser revealed that he first came to North Korea in 2005 and helped founder Nosotek in 2007.  According to Eloser, the revenue generated by software development for North Korea is "impossible to estimate". Marc Busse, a digital distribution manager for Potsdam, a German company for Nosotek Distribution games, said the quality of Nosotek research and development software was "comparable to those of other European and American companies".
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