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Closed-Network Cybercafe Gives Pyongyang Locals Access to Western Games

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Western video game titles such as the "Call of Duty" and "Counter-Strike" first-person shooter series have proven popular among players at a recently established closed-network cybercafe in Pyongyang, according to social media posts.

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Western computer games such as Call of Duty and Counter-Strike are popular among North Korean gamers who visit a recently opened cyber cafe in the Hwasong district of Pyongyang, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported, citing information from the Joseon Shinbo newspaper, which is published in Japan and is sympathetic to the regime in the DPRK. The players are predominantly men, in their twenties and thirties, some of whom come to the cafe almost ever…

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Tokyo - Western computer games such as Call of Duty and Counter-Strike are popular among North Korean gamers who frequent a recently opened cyber cafe in Pyongyang's Hwasong district, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported, citing information from the Joseon Shinbo newspaper, which is published in Japan and is sympathetic to the regime in the DPRK.

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The Straits Times broke the news in Singapore on Sunday, November 23, 2025.
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