朝鲜推出网络机顶盒Manbang 可看金正恩的纪录片

North Korea announced last week that it's launching Manbang ("Mon-bahng"), what it's calling a "Netflix style video-on-demand."

朝鲜方面上周宣布，该国已经上线了Manbang，并称这是"网飞风格的视频点播"。

Manbang literally translates to "everywhere" in Korean, and North Korea hopes the device will be ubiquitous.

在朝鲜语中，"Manbang"的意思是"无处不在"，朝鲜希望该网站能够普及开来。

While North Korea bills the device as "Netflix for North Koreans," it's merely another extension of that country's internal propaganda.

虽然朝鲜一直宣传该设备是"朝鲜的网飞"，但是这仅仅是该国内部宣传的延伸而已。

Manbang's offerings couldn't be further from Netflix, which has become a portal for not only feature films and popular TV shows but also original content. Unlike Manbang, Netflix (NFLX) is available in 190 countries.

Mangbang提供的内容不可能比网飞多--后者不仅仅是特色电影和电视剧的门户网站，还有很多原创内容。和Manbang不同的是，网飞在190个国家都能使用。

According to , the set-top box has two primary features: replaying documentary films about Kim Jong Un and his leadership and providing language-learning resources — for Russian and English.

据朝鲜新闻网报道，Manbang机顶盒有两大主要功能：播放领导人金正恩的纪录片和俄语及英语的语言学习资源。

Users can search for programs by typing the title or browsing through categories, which may be the only feature that it shares with Netflix.

用户可以搜索标题或者查看目录来寻找想看的节目——这可能是Manbang和网飞在功能上唯一的共同点了。

The overwhelming majority of North Koreans do not even have access to the internet. In fact, the number of secure internet servers per million people in the country was rated as zero as of last year, according to data from The World Bank. The North Korean government is looking to use Manbang as the device to provide North Koreans with limited access to the internet.

互联网的使用在朝鲜并不普遍。事实上，根据世界银行的数据显示，去年朝鲜每百万人中能使用到的安全互联网数量趋近于零。朝鲜政府试图利用Manbang来为朝鲜民众提供有限的上网机会。

The device was first announced on Korean Central Television (KCTV), the only official television news network for North Koreans. It won't be simple to use. Users will have to connect a phone line to a modem, plug a cable box into the national network, and connect a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port to the TV.

朝鲜唯一的官方电视新闻媒体——朝鲜中央电视台首先宣布了这一装置。不过它使用起来不是很容易。用户需要把手机连接到调制解调器上，把机顶盒连到国家网络上，再把高清晰度多媒体接口连到电视上。