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Green Star OS

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Translations are currently done with Bing translate and DeepL. Support for Google Translate translations is coming to a close due to privacy concerns.


Index

00.0 - Top

00.1 - Title

00.2 - Read this article in a different language

00.3 - Index

01.0 - Description

02.0 - About

03.0 - Downloads

03.1 - Archive.org downloads

03.1.1 - Red Star OS 1 Downloads

03.1.2 - Red Star OS 2 Downloads

03.1.3 - Red Star OS 3 Downloads

03.1.4 - Red Star OS 4 Downloads

04.0 - Research

04.1 - North Korea

04.1.1 - Technology

04.1.1.1 - Operating Systems

04.1.1.1.1 - Red Star OS

04.1.1.1.1.1 - Red Star OS 1

04.1.1.1.1.2 - Red Star OS 2

04.1.1.1.1.3 - Red Star OS 3

04.1.1.1.1.4 - Red Star OS 4

04.1.1.2 - Web browsers

04.1.1.2.1 - Naenara

04.1.1.3 - Office software

04.1.1.3.1 - Sogwang Office

04.1.1.4 - Emojis

04.1.1.4.1 - North Korean Flag Emoji

04.1.1.5 - Internet in North Korea

04.1.1.5.1 - .kp Top Level Domain

04.1.2.1 - Hardware

04.1.2.1. - Samjiyon tablet computer

04.1.2.1.1.1 - Samjiyon tablet specifications

04.1.3.1 - Nuclear technology

04.1.3.1.1 - Nuclear activity before 2005

04.1.3.1.2 - 2006 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.3 - 2007 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.4 - 2008 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.5 - 2009 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.6 - 2010 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.7 - 2011 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.8 - 2012 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.9 - 2013 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.10 - 2014 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.11 - 2015 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.12 - 2016 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.13 - 2017 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.14 - 2018 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.15 - 2019 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.16 - 2020 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.17 - 2021 Nuclear activity

04.1.3.1.18 - 2022 Nuclear activity

04.2.1 - Kangwon Province

04.2.1.1 - Kosan Country

04.2.1.1.1 - Sogwansa Buddhist Temple

04.2.2 - Pyongyang

04.2.2.1 - Pyongyang capital city

04.2.2.1.1 - Pyongyang metro

04.2.3 - Chongjin

04.2.4 - Hamhung

04.2.5 - Nampocity

04.3.1 - Vexillology

04.3.1.1 - Flag of North Korea

04.4.1 - Heraldry

04.4.1.1 - Emblem of North Korea

04.5.1 - Currency

04.5.1.1 - Korean Won

04.6.1 - Human rights

04.7.1 - Language

04.8.1 - Politics of North Korea

04.8.1.1 - Supreme leaders

04.8.1.1.1 - Mount Paektu bloodline

04.8.1.1.2 - Juche ideology

04.8.1.1.3 - Kim Il-Sung

04.8.1.1.4 - Kim Jong-Il

04.8.1.1.5 - Kim Jong Un

04.8.1.1.6 - Future leaders

04.8.1.2 - Political parties of North Korea

04.8.1.2.1 - Workers Party of Korea (WPK)

04.8.1.3 - Constitution of North Korea

04.8.1.4 - Relations with South Korea

04.8.1.5 - Sham elections

04.8.1.6 - Foreign relations

04.9.1 - Isolation

04.10.1 - Military

04.10.1.1 - Korean Peoples Army

04.10.1.2 - North Korea nuclear weapons supply

04.11.1 - Music of North Korea

04.11.1.1 - No Motherland without you

04.11.1.1.1 - No Motherland without you (lyrics)

04.11.1.2 - Korea does what it is determined to do

04.11.1.3 - The Patriotic song

04.12.1 - Religion in North Korea

04.13.1 - Geography of North Korea

04.14.1 - Climate of North Korea

04.15.1 - Companies of North Korea

04.15.1.1 - Korea Computer Center

05.0 - Graphics

06.0 - Translation notes

03.0 - Wiki

04.0 - History

04.1 - Pre-history

04.2 - Alpha History

04.3 - Beta History

04.4 - Modern History

05.0 - Copying

06.0 - Credits

07.0 - Theme and subsystem

07.1 - Interface

07.2 - Terminal

07.3 - Dependencies

08.0 - Components

09.0 - Templates

10.0 - Workflows

11.0 - Installation

12.0 - Version history

13.0 - Version history

14.0 - Software status

15.0 - Sponsor info

16.0 - Contributers

17.0 - Issues

17.1 - Current issues

17.2 - Past issues

17.3 - Past pull requests

17.4 - Active pull requests

18.0 - Resources

19.0 - Contributing

20.0 - About README

21.0 - README Version history

22.0 - Footer

22.9 - End of file


Green-Star-OS

A research project into North Koreas Red Star OS, and a set of themes for making a Red Star OS clone.


About

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Note: Green Star OS is NOT an Operating System

See above. This project is a research project into North Korean technology, especially Red Star OS, along with themes and scripts designed to ease the creation of a Red Star OS desktop without having to use the actual operating system or its malware.

This project is written in Lua and MoonScript. It is highly incomplete, and very early in development.

The name Green Star is in reference to Red Star it indicates that this project is not a Communist project, but a more liberal/Socialist one. The reason MoonScript is used is because I also wanted to make this the moon that covers the evil Red Star, and because Lua was a good language for programming this project in.


Downloads

Archive.org downloads

Red Star OS

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⚠️ WARNING: Be extremely careful with these and NEVER install them on your main computer (virtual machine only) the third listed link is reported to be able to escape virtual machines, so it should only be installed on an extra computer that you are willing to wipe and reinstall. This is a North Korean operating system. The default language is Korean, but English modifications exist online. DO NOT INSTALL THIS ON YOUR MAIN COMPUTER! Also, please make sure none of your devices are connected to the Internet before installing.

Red Star OS 1

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Red Star OS 2

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Red Star OS 2 (ISO)

Red Star OS 3

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Red Star OS 3 (ISO)

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Red Star OS 3 Server (ISO) [⛔️ Security check failed, this one may contain anti-VM source code]

Red Star OS 4 Downloads

No download links for Red Star OS 4 are currently available.

Research

View the research reference for this project by clicking/tapping here

North Korea

Technology

Operating Systems
Red Star OS
Red Star OS 1

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Red Star OS 1 is North Koreas first custom operating system. Before this, North Korea used Windows XP and other Windows operating systems. They made a Linux distribution called Red Star OS to fit their needs, as they couldn't retain the rights to Windows and noted it to be insecure and dangerous (they are right on this, but the operating system they made is even more dangerous) Red Star OS 1 is based on Fedora Linux 11. It has a Windows XP-like interface.

No further information is currently known.

Red Star OS 2

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Red Star OS 2 is the second version of North Koreas Red Star OS operating system. It has a similar look to GNOME 1.0, but as like Red Star OS 1, most of the GNU/Linux symbols are replaced with North Korean Communist ones (most notably the Red Star)

No further information is currently known.

Red Star OS 3

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Red Star OS 3 is the third installment to North Koreas Red Star OS Linux distribution. It has a similar look to early Mac OS X (Pre-OS-X) this design was probably inspired by an iMac that Kim Jong Un was seen with in 2013. Although the system heavily resembles MacOS, it is to be noted that it is not based on MacOS, although some of the methods Apple used are in use (not just graphics) the operating system has heavy hardware checking (just like MacOS) and unfortunately may have some anti-virtual machine source code.

Some changes in the interface are noted, such as the Apple logo being replaced with the Red Star, along with other Communist tweaks that are common for the Red Star OS operating system.

The system is again in Korean, but modifications exist to change the language to English and other languages.

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By default, the user does not have root or sudo privileges, but they can be gained through a program known as RootSetting although even with Root privileges, some settings and files cannot be modified.

The system intensively checks to make sure certain files are not modified, and it checks files that go into it.

No further information is currently known.

Red Star OS 4

Very little is currently known about Red Star OS 4.

No further information is currently available.

Web browsers

7###### Naenara

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The logo for the Naenara web browser.

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Nanenara (Korean: 우리 나라 Lit: My country) is the default web browser in Red Star OS. It is based off an early version of Firefox, and is restricted to the North Korean Intranet of only ~5,500 websites. High ranking officials in the country are able to access the global Internet.

No further information is currently available.

Office software
Sogwang Office

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Sogwang Office is the default Office Software in Red Star OS. It appeared in Red Star OS 3, but may have been there in older versions. Sogwang office is a heavily modified version of OpenOffice, and is named after the Sogwansa Buddhist Temple in Kosan Country, Kangwon Province, in North Korea. This temple was destroyed by United States bombing during the Korean War in 1951, and is a prominent site to North Korea, which intends to rebuild it, but doesn't appear to have made any progress in the past 71 years.

No further information is currently available.

Emojis
North Korean Flag Emoji

The North Korean flag emoji was added with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. It has the flag code of KP and renders as 🇰🇵

Internet

Internet is highly restricted to the population of North Korea.

KP Top Level Domain

.kp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for North Korea; it was created on 24 September 2007.

North Korea applied for the .kp Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) in 2004. ICANN, however, refused because North Korea did not meet some of the requirements. Another attempt was made via Korea Computer Center (KCC) Europe in 2006. Later, the main body of KCC and the North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations petitioned ICANN again. They were refused again for providing insufficient information. A new application was sent in January 2007 and an ICANN delegation visited the country in May. This time ICANN agreed to assign .kp to North Korea.

One of the first organizations to adopt a .kp domain was the Korean Central News Agency in 2009. Previously, the .kp domain was managed by Korea Computer Center (KCC) Europe. A large number of .kp websites were also hosted by KCC Europe in Germany. However, in 2011, management was transferred to the Pyongyang-based Star Joint Venture.

Hardware
Samjiyon tablet computer

The Samjiyon tablet computer (North Korean: 판형 콤퓨터 삼지연) is a tablet computer that runs Android, made in North Korea by the North Korean Computer Center.

Samjiyon tablet specifications

Introductory price: 200 USD (Unknown in North Korean Won)

Released in: 2012

Operating System: Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

CPU: 1.2 Gigahertz

RAM: 1.0 Gigabytes

Storage: 8 gigabytes or 16 gigabytes

Display resolution: 1024x768 (720p)

Weight: 250 grams (0.25 kilograms)

Nuclear technology

North Korea has possessed nuclear weapons since 2006.

Nuclear activity before 2005

North Korea was not a nuclear state before 2006.

2006 Nuclear activity

On 2006, October 9th, North Korea performed its first successful nuclear bomb test, which had a yield of 0.2 to 1 kilotons. They disabled their nuclear reactor in 2007 due to immense international pressure, but this was short lived.

2007 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2007.

2008 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2008.

2009 Nuclear activity

On 2009, April 25th, North Korea publicly announced that it had re-activated its nuclear facilities, and exactly 1 month later, North Korea detonated their second nuclear bomb, underground. It had a yield of 2 to 7 kilotons.

2010 Nuclear activity

In May of 2010, North Korea claimed it had successfully performed nuclear fusion.

2011 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2011.

2012 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2012.

2013 Nuclear activity

On 2013, February 12th, at 2:57 GMT, monitors in Asia picked up unusual seismic activity from North Korea, and the country later reported that they had detonated another nuclear bomb. Reports of the yield are mixed, South Korea says the yield was 7.7 to 7.8 kilotons, while other researchers claim the yield was 12.2 ± 3.8 kilotons.

2014 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2014.

2015 Nuclear activity

In 2015, December, Kim Jong Un claimed that the country was capable of launching a hydrogen bomb.

2016 Nuclear activity

On 2016, January 6th, after reported earthquakes in Asia, North Korea claimed it had detonated its first hydrogen bomb successfully, although whether the bomb was a hydrogen bomb is disputed.

2017 Nuclear activity

On 2017, February 18th, China suspended coal imports to North Korea.

On 2017, March 6th, North Korea launched a nuclear missile into the sea of Japan.

On 2017, April 16, hours after the military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea attempted to launch a ballistic missile from a site near the port of Sinpo, on the country's east coast. The missile exploded seconds after launch.

On 2017, April 28, North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile over Pukchang airfield, in North Korean territory. It blew up shortly after take-off at an altitude of approximately 70 km (44 mi).

On 2017, July 4, North Korea launched Hwasong-14 from Banghyon airfield, near Kusong, in a lofted trajectory it claims lasted 39 minutes for 930 km (578 mi), landing in the waters of the Japanese exclusive economic zone. US Pacific Command said the missile was aloft for 37 minutes, meaning that in a standard trajectory it could have reached all of Alaska, a distance of 6,690 km (4,160 mi). By targeting the deep waters in the Sea of Japan, North Korea was ensuring that American or Japanese divers would encounter difficulties when attempting to recover Hwasong-14's engine. Equally, North Korea was not attempting to recover any re-entry debris either, which South Korea pointed out is an indication that this first launch was of an ICBM which was far from ready for combat. As of July 2017, the U.S. estimated that North Korea would have a reliable nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by early 2018. On July 28, North Korea launched a second, apparently more advanced, ICBM, with altitude around 3,700 km (2,300 mi), that traveled 1,000 km (620 mi) down range; analysts estimated that it was capable of reaching the continental United States.

On 2017, September 3, North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a thermonuclear bomb, also known as a hydrogen bomb. Corresponding seismic activity similar to an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was reported by the USGS, making the blast around 10 times more powerful than previous detonations by the country. Later the bomb yield was estimated to be 250 kilotons, based on further study of the seismic data. The test was reported to be "a perfect success" by North Korean authorities.

On 2017, November 28, North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in the first such launch from the country in more than two months. The missile, believed by the U.S. Military to be an ICBM, was launched from Sain Ni and flew roughly 1,000 km (620 mi) before landing in the Sea of Japan.

After North Korea claimed that the missile was capable of "carrying [a] super-heavy [nuclear] warhead and hitting the whole mainland of the U.S.", Kim-Jong-Un announced that they had "finally realized the great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force", putting them in a position of strength to push the United States into talks.

2018 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2018.

2019 Nuclear activity

In August 2019 Japan has upgraded its estimate of North Korea's nuclear weapons capability in an upcoming annual Defence White Paper, saying it seems Pyongyang has achieved the miniaturization of warheads. The defence report will maintain Japan's contention that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs pose a "serious and imminent threat" to its security after recent meetings between Donald Trump and the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, failed to make progress on denuclearisation

2020 Nuclear activity

Bruce Klingner of the American Heritage Foundation estimated, in June 2020, that North Korea has likely built "eight or more additional nuclear weapons" since the 2018 summit.

On October 10, 2020, North Korea unveiled a massive ICBM during a military parade for the 75th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea, with CNN reporting that military analysts believe it is one of the world's largest road-mobile ballistic missiles.

2021 Nuclear activity

No nuclear activity for North Korea was reported in 2021.

2022 Nuclear missile tests

As of 2022 April 2nd, North Korea has launched 7 nuclear weapons so far this year.

Kangwon Province

Kosan Country
Sogwansa Buddhist Temple

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The Sogwansa Buddhist Temple is located in Kosan Country, Kangwon Province, in North Korea. This temple was destroyed by United States bombing during the Korean War in 1951, and is a prominent site to North Korea, which intends to rebuild it, but doesn't appear to have made any progress in the past 71 years.

Pyongyang

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Pyongyang capital city

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Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea.

Pyongyang metro

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The Pyongyang metro is the main train station of North Korea.

Chongjin

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Chongjin is a city in North Korea. No further information is currently available.

Hamhung

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Hamhung is a city in North Korea. No further information is currently available.

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Nampocity

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Nampocity is a city in North Korea. No further information is currently available.

Vexillology

Flag of North Korea

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The flag of North Korea, also known as the Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi (Korean: 람홍색공화국기; literally "blue and red-coloured flag of the republic"), sometimes known as the flag of Korea, consists of a central red panel, bordered both above and below by a narrow white stripe and a broad blue stripe. The central red panel bears a five-pointed red star within a white circle near the hoist. The flag is banned from public use in South Korea under the National Security Act due to its association with the ruling North Korean regime, although some exceptions for the usage of the flag exist.

The North Korean national flag is officially defined in article 170 of Chapter VII of the North Korean constitution. According to it:

"The national flag of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea consists of a central red panel, bordered both above and below by a narrow white stripe and a broad blue stripe. The central red panel bears a five-pointed red star within a white circle near the hoist. The ratio of the width to the length is 1:2."

Color scheme

The video colors approximation is listed below:

Color Blue Red White
RGB 2/79/162 237/28/39 255/255/255
Hexadecimal #024fa2 #ed1c27 #ffffff
CMYK 99/51/0/36 0/88/84/7 0/0/0/0

Symbolism

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The vertical display.

The North Korean flag's prominent motif is a red star, which is a universal symbol of communism and socialism, although since the flag's adoption the application of the Marxist-Leninist-natured philosophy of Juche has replaced communist authority as the state's guiding ideology, and references to communism have been systematically removed from the country's constitution and legal documents. However, the constitution is still stated to be socialist in nature. Despite the many changes to the constitution, the description of the flag has always remained the same.

The website of the Korean Friendship Association indicates that, on the contrary, the red star represents revolutionary traditions and the red panel is indicative of the patriotism and determination of the Korean people. The white stripes symbolize the unity of the Korean nation and its culture. The blue stripes represent the desire to fight for independence, peace, friendship, and international unity.

According to a typical North Korean official text published in Rodong Sinmun, Kim Il-sung gave the following significance to the flag's elements:

The red of the flag symbolises anti-Japanese sentiment, and is the colour of blood shed by the Korean patriots and the invincible might of our people firmly united to support the Republic. The white symbolizes one bloodline, one land, one language, one culture of our monoethnic country, which lived in purity. And blue stands for the gallant visage of our people and symbolises the spirit of the Korean people fighting for world peace and progress.

The colours of the North Korean flag – red, white, and blue – are considered national colours and symbolise respectively: revolutionary traditions; purity, strength, and dignity; and sovereignty, peace, and friendship.

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Heraldry

Emblem of North Korea

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The National Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the coat of arms of North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The current version adopted in 1993 is based on a design that was used since the foundation of the republic in 1948. Two previous versions were briefly in use in the late 1940s. Prominent features on the emblem are a red star, a hydroelectric plant (the Sup'ung dam) and Mount Paektu. The design bears similarities to the emblem of the Soviet Union and other emblems of the socialist heraldic style.

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Currency

Korean Won

The currency of North Korea is the North Korean Won with the code KPW it is not to be confused with the South Korean Won.

Human rights

North Korea lacks human rights, and is the worst country in the world. The people of North Korea have no rights, other than to worship the Kim dynasty. Malnutrition is a major issue, while Kim just gets fatter and the population gets skinnier.

Language

The North Korean language is a modified version of the Korean language, and is extremely similar to South Korean. Due to the two sides hating each other, the North Korean language has many differences from the South Korean variant, made out of spite.

Politics of North Korea

This chapter goes over the politics of North Korea.

Supreme leaders

North Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by the Kim Dynasty.

Mount Paektu bloodline

By law (as of 2013) the Supreme leader of North Korea must be in the Mount Paektu bloodline, according to clause 2, article 10 of the Ten Fundamental Principles of the Korean Workers' Party.

Juche ideology

The Juche ideology is the belief that "man is the master of his destiny" and that "the masses are to act like the "masters of the revolution and construction" and that by becoming self-reliant and strong, a nation can achieve true Socialism"

It is viewed by the official North Korean line as an embodiment of Kim Il-sung's wisdom, an expression of his leadership, and an idea which provides "a complete answer to any question that arises in the struggle for national liberation".

Juche was pronounced in December 1955 in a speech called On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work in order to emphasize a Korea-centered revolution. Its core tenets are economic self-sufficiency, military self-reliance and an independent foreign policy.

Kim Il-Sung

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Kim Il-Sung developed and ruled North Korea from the end of the Korean war to his death in 1994. He developed North Korea under the Juche policy, and developed a cult of personality. His titles include Eternal leader and Grand Marshal he was succeeded by Kim Jong-Il.

Kim Jong-Il

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Kim Jong-Il ruled North Korea from 1993 April 9th to 2011 December 17th. As like Kim-Il-Sung, his titles include Eternal leader and Grand Marshal He was succeeded by Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un

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Kim Jong Un assumed office on 2012 April 11th, and is the current dictator of North Korea.

Future leaders

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It is currently unknown who will succeed Kim Jong Un, or if the country will last past him (there is always the chance of North Korea falling)

Political parties of North Korea
Workers Party of Korea (WPK)

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The Workers Party of Korea (WPK) is the dominant political party of North Korea, and dominates daily life in the country. The party has an estimated 3 million members, including the current dictator, Kim Jong Un.

Constitution of North Korea

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Relations with South Korea

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North Korea and South Korea both claim to be the real Korea. Reunification has been a struggle since the Korean War. South Korea sends aid through the Korean Demilitarized zone (DMZ) which was established at the end of the Korean War.

Sham elections

Elections are held in North Korea, but they are meaningless, as again, North Korea is a totalitarian dictatorship. They are considered sham elections, because no matter who you vote for, the Kim Dynasty will choose against it.

Foreign relations

North Korea is an isolated country, but tries to keep foreign relations. It hates America (despite liking American products like Windows, MacOS, and UNIX) and always wants to assert its dominance against America and threaten them with a nuclear war.

North Korea has positive relations with China, the only country that tolerates them, although China has imposed sanctions on North Korea in recent years due to its nuclear program.

Isolation

North Korea is an isolated country, where no citizen is allowed to leave or enter. Additionally, they are completely cut off from the outside world, and are fed propaganda to keep them aligned with the North Korean state.

Military

North Korea has one of the largest militaries in the world, with 7.76 million North Koreans in the military (or 30.4% of the population of North Korea) North Korea also has nuclear weapons, and is an active threat to the world.

Korean Peoples Army

The Korean Peoples Army is the top military branch of North Korea. It houses

North Korea nuclear weapons supply

North Korea has an unknown amount of Nuclear Weapons.

Music of North Korea

North Korean music is in praise of the dictators of North Korea. The most popular song in North Korea is No motherland without you

No Motherland without you

"No Motherland Without You" (or "Ode to Kim Jong Il"), is a North Korean song about the country's Eternal Leader, Kim Jong Il. Composed by Hwang Jin Yong and written by Ri Jong O, it extols the proclaimed talent and virtues of Kim, and the attachment of the North Korean people for him as he led them out of the turmoils of the 1990s famine (referred to as the Arduous March).

The repeated phrase in the song is "We cannot live without you! Our country cannot exist without you!" It is also considered to be the anthem of the Songun ("military-first") policy that Kim implemented in coexistence with the Juche Idea in 1995. It is frequently broadcast on the radio and from loudspeakers on the streets of Pyongyang.

No Motherland without you (Lyrics)
Korean (North) English (US)
1. 사나운 폭풍도 쳐몰아 내고 신념을 안겨준 김정일동지 ( 후렴) 당신이 없으면 우리도 없고 당신이 없으면 조국도 없다 1. You pushed away the severe storm You made us believe, Comrade Kim Jong Il (Refrain) We cannot live without you Our country cannot exist without you!
2. 미래도 희망도 다 맡아주는 민족의 운명인 김정일동지 ( 후렴) 2. Our future and hope depend on you People's fate depends on you, Comrade Kim Jong Il (Refrain)
3. 세상이 열백번 변한다 해도 인민은 믿는다 김정일동지 ( 후렴) 3. Even if the world changes hundreds of times People believe in you, Comrade Kim Jong Il (Refrain)
Korea does what it is determined to do

This song is not officially used by North Korea. No further information on this song is currently available.

The Patriotic song

The Patriotic song is the national anthem of North Korea. No further information on this song is currently available.

Religion in North Korea

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North Korea is officially an Atheist state, although Religion appears to be somewhat tolerated here.

According to Religious Intelligence in 2007, 64% of the population are irreligious, 16% practice Korean shamanism, 14% practice Chondoism, 4% are Buddhist, and 2% are Christian. Freedom of religion and the right to religious ceremonies are constitutionally guaranteed, but religions are restricted by the government, according to Human Rights Watch.

Geography of North Korea

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After the Korean War, North Korea was divided at the 38th parallel, and to this day, North Korea occupies the northern portion of Korea, lying between latitude 37 and 43N and longitude 124 and 131E. To the west of the country lies the Yellow Sea and the Korean Bay. To the east, lies the sea of Japan and the Japanese mainland.

North Korea has many mountain ranges, and early tourists described it as "a sea in a heavy gale"

Climate of North Korea

No climate data for North Korea is currently available.

Companies of North Korea

Businesses in North Korea are operated by the government.

Korea Computer Center

The Korea Computer Center (KCC) is the main computer technology company of North Korea. It was founded on 1990 October 24th.


Graphics

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Translation notes

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Theme and subsystem

Interface

📂️ The Green Star OS interface

📜️ MAIN.lua - The main Lua script for the Green Star OS interface

📜️ MAIN.moon - The main MoonScript script for the Green Star OS interface

Terminal

A set of terminal scripts to imitate Red Star OS.

📂️ Terminal

📂️ ScreenFetch - For Screen fetching programs (such as Neofetch, OneFetch, etc.)

📂️ neofetch - For Neofetch extensions

📂️ red star - For Red Star OS Neofetch extensions

📂️ Compiled - For compiled (executed for you) versions of the Red Star OS Neofetch extensions

📂️ Unscrubbed - For compiled and unscrubbed (unnecessary and unrelated data is visible) versions of the Red Star OS neofetch extensions

📜️ RedStar_onNeofetch.htm - An example of Neofetch displaying the Red Star OS logo on Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell XPS 13.

📂️ !OldVersions - For old versions of the scripts in the /Terminal/ScreenFetch/neofetch/redstar/ inode directory

📜️ NeoFetch_RedStar.sh - A simple script for running the Red Star OS logo through Neofetch

Dependencies

This project has 2 major dependencies:

  • MoonScript 0.5.0

  • Lua 5.4 or later

The dependencies can be viewed in detail here (📜️ .deps.lua)

Components

Coming soon

Templates

Not very useful, but here you go: [click/tap here to view this projects templates]


Workflows

MoonScript (Lua Rocks)

No other workflows at the moment.


Wiki

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If the project has been forked, the Wiki was likely removed. Luckily, I include an embedded version. You can view it here.


History

This project has a short history so far.

Pre-history

This project started out at a currently undetermined date in either late 2021 or early 2022, but wasn't made into a Git repository until 2022 March 29th, when it was privately published to GitHub, and began development. It is planned to be made public on 2022 April 8th.

Alpha history

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Beta history

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Modern history

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Copying

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Please note that you also have to follow the rules of the GNU General Public License v3 (GPL3) which you can view here


Credits

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Installation

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Requirements: Read the instructions for more info, and get the latest up-to-date instructions here


Sponsor info

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You can sponsor this project if you like, but please specify what you want to donate to. See the funds you can donate to here

You can view other sponsor info here

Try it out! The sponsor button is right up next to the watch/unwatch button.


Version history

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Software status

All of my works are free some restrictions. DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) is not present in any of my works.

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This sticker is supported by the Free Software Foundation. I never intend to include DRM in my works.

I am using the abbreviation "Digital Restrictions Management" instead of the more known "Digital Rights Management" as the common way of addressing it is false, there are no rights with DRM. The spelling "Digital Restrictions Management" is more accurate, and is supported by Richard M. Stallman (RMS) and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)

This section is used to raise awareness for the problems with DRM, and also to protest it. DRM is defective by design and is a major threat to all computer users and software freedom.

Image credit: defectivebydesign.org/drm-free/...


Contributers

Currently, I am the only contributer. Contributing is allowed, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

    1. seanpm2001 - 80 commits (As of 2022, Sunday, April 3rd at 5:18 pm PST)
    1. No other contributers.

Issues

Current issues

  • None at the moment

  • No other current issues

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

Read the privacy policy on issue archival here

TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Past issues

  • None at the moment

  • No other past issues

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

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TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Past pull requests

  • None at the moment

  • No other past pull requests

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

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TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.

Active pull requests

  • None at the moment

  • No other active pull requests

If the repository has been forked, issues likely have been removed. Luckily I keep an archive of certain images here

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TL;DR

I archive my own issues. Your issue won't be archived unless you request it to be archived.


Resources

Here are some other resources for this project:

Project language file A (MoonScript)

Project language file B (Lua)

Project language file C (Shell)

Join the discussion on GitHub

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Contributing

Contributing is allowed for this project, as long as you follow the rules of the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

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About README

File type: Markdown Document (*.md *.mkd *.mdown *.markdown)

File version: 4 (2022, Sunday, April 3rd at 5:18 pm)

Line count (including blank lines and compiler line): 1,529

All times are UTC-7 (PDT/Pacific Time) (Please also account for DST (Daylight Savings Time) until it is abolished/no longer followed)

Note that on 2022, Sunday, March 13th at 2:00 am PST, the time jumped ahead 1 hour to 3:00 am.

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README version history

Version 0.1 (Sunday, March 21st 2021 at 7:50 pm)

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  • Added the index
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  • Added the Wiki section
  • Added the version history section
  • Added the issues section.
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  • Added the about README section
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  • Added the resources section
  • Added a software status section, with a DRM free sticker and message
  • Added the sponsor info section

ITERATION 5

  • Updated the title section
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ITERATION 6

  • Updated the title section
  • Fixed and update template links
  • Updated the index
  • Added the copying section
  • Added the credits section
  • Added the installation section
  • Updated the resources section
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  • Added the technical notes section
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Version 1 (2022, Thursday, March 31st at 10:37 pm)

This release was made by: @seanpm2001

Changes:

  • Updated template links
  • Updated the lead section
  • Updated the title section
  • Updated the about section
  • Added download links and images for Red Star OS
  • Added the components section
  • Added the research section
  • Added the graphics section
  • Added the templates section
  • Added the translation notes section
  • Updated the contributors section
  • Updated the history section
  • Updated the resources section
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Version 2 (2022, Thursday, March 31st at 10:42 pm)

This release was made by: @seanpm2001

Changes:

  • Fixed a broken image link
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
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Version 3 (2022, Saturday, April 2nd at 7:16 pm)

This release was made by: @seanpm2001

This is a massive update. It took nearly 3 hours on and off to write.

Changes:

  • Fixed formatting on 1 link (added a line break)
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • Updated the index
  • Updated the resources section
  • Updated the contributors section
  • Updated and reformatted the download link section
  • Updated and reformatted the research section
  • Added the operating systems and Red Star OS sections
  • Added the Red Star OS 1 subsection
  • Added the Red Star OS 2 subsection
  • Added the Red Star OS 3 subsection
  • Added the Red Star OS 4 subsection
  • Added the web browsers and Naenara sections
  • Added the office software and sogwang office sections
  • Added the nuclear technology section
  • Added subsections for Nuclear activity from 2005/2006 to 2022
  • Added the Kangwon Province, and Kosan country sections
  • Added the sogwansa Buddhist temple section
  • Added the vexillology section
  • Added the heraldry section
  • Added the currency section
  • Added the human rights section
  • Added the language section
  • Added the terminal section
  • Added the dependencies section
  • Added the workflows section
  • Updated the footer
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Version 4 (2022, Sunday, April 3rd at 5:18 pm)

This release was made by: @seanpm2001

This is another massive update to the project. I am aiming to make a custom index of information about North Korea

Changes:

  • Updated the index
  • Added a section on the Samjiyon tablet computer
  • Added a section on the North Korean flag emoji
  • Added a section on the North Korean Internet
  • Added a politics section
  • Added the supreme leader subsection
  • Added the Juche ideology subsection
  • Added the Mount Paektu bloodline subsection
  • Added the political parties subsection
  • Added the foreign relations subsection
  • Fixed a typo regarding changing the language on Red Star OS 3. I consider it one of my best typos to date, but it is now fixed. Further commentary and the original typo is still there, just commented out
  • Updated the file info section
  • Updated the file history section
  • Added the Pyongyang section
  • Added the hardware section
  • Added the Geography of North Korea section
  • Added the climate of North Korea section
  • Added the Music of North Korea section
  • Added the Companies of North Korea section
  • Added the isolation section
  • Added the Military of North Korea section
  • Added the Religion in North Korea sectionm
  • Added the Chongjin section
  • Added the Hamhung section
  • Added the Nampocity section
  • Referenced several new images (19 new images)
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