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Date : August 20, 2019
North Koreans using mobile matchmaking services
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North Koreans using mobile matchmaking services

Matchmaking services can now be accessed by North Korean cell phone users seeking romance. Usage fees for the service are processed with mobile money, a phone-based credit payment system.

In North Koreas larger cities, phone-based matchmaking services that set up dates for men and women are appearing and theyre gaining a lot of traction among younger people. The phenomenon began to emerge after the introduction of mobile phone credits which can be used to make payments, a source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK.

Matchmaking services for the amorous existed in the past, but the newer business model involves specialists who maintain databases of men and women. The specialists provide a suitable partner match based on each clients preferences.

Those who are looking for a date can charge phone credits and send these so-called mobile money (credits) to a matchmaker who will set up a date based on the clients preferences, explained the source.

In North Korea, such phone credits can be reloaded by making a cash payment to vendors at the market. Daily NK found in a recent investigation that these phone credits are becoming increasingly popular for wire transfers and payments.

The so-called mobile money is essentially a type of virtual currency in North Korea and can be exchanged for cash. ......

[Source: Daily NK]


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