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North Korea Unveils Netflix-Like Streaming Service Called 'Manbang' (bbc.com)
North Korea has unveiled a set-top box that offers video-on demand services similar to Netflix. The service is called Manbang, which translates to "everywhere" in Korean, and allows consumers to stream documentaries about Kim Jong Un and other "educational" programs, as well as five live TV channels. "If a viewer wants to watch, for instance, an animal movie and sends a request to the equipment, it will show the relevant video to the viewer [...] this is two-way communications," according to NK News. It reportedly works by plugging the set-top box into an internet modem, then connecting an HDMI cable from the cable box to the TV. A very small number of North Koreans will actually be able to use the device as "only a few thousand [...] have access to the state-sanctioned internet, in a nation of 25 million people," reports New York Daily News.
Anybody that believes those numbers also believes in the tooth fairy and Easter bunny.
Mod parent up! (Funny)
However juvenile as the whole discussion of romanized foreign words that sound/look like something inappropriate is,
Parent's double-play with the typo-dong was a masterstroke!