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A new mobile phone app developed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) allows its users to experiment with new looks.
While such photo manipulation apps are common around the world, it appears that Bomhyanggi 1.0 (Spring Scent) is the first of its kind for smartphone users in the Communist country.
According to DPRK's news outlet DPRK Today , the Spring Scent app helps its users "explore what type of makeup techniques would be the best for themselves by trying different types of makeup tools virtually".
It has, developers Kyeonghung Information Technology Store say, "gained very positive feedback from women in North Korea(DPRK)".
The app allows DPRK's mobile phone users to try out new looks
"You will get to see yourself becoming more beautiful," the app's promotional material boasts.
A recent report in the Seoul-based Daily NK claims that there's a growing interest in skin care and beauty north of the border, thanks to highly illegal interest in South Korean television dramas smuggled into the country.
Soccer Fierce Battle, said to closely resemble Western gaming apps
Soccer Fierce Battle
DPRK has two official mobile phone networks, but contacting the world beyond its borders by phone or through the global internet is technically impossible.
Instead, there is a growing internal market in mobile phone applications for news, information and entertainment, many resembling products available worldwide.
Among them is Soccer Fierce Battle, a 3D football simulation compatible with PCs and mobile devices operating the Android system.
The game closely resembles the best-selling FIFA video game series, Seoul's Korea Herald newspaper reported last August.
Another popular game is Hunting Yankee, a shoot-em-up in which American soldiers are the enemy, the South China Morning Post says.
DPRK makes its own tablet computers and mobile phones running a domestically-produced version of the Android operating system, and there are more than 3.5m users in the country, Japan's Nikkei reported last month.
Mobile phones have become an increasingly common sight around Pyongyang
(BBC)
