About
Samhung is a North Korean smartphone payment app developed and run directly by Samhung Economic IT Service, one of the country's larger IT companies, rather than by a bank. Users pay or send money by scanning a 2D barcode shown at a point of sale or on another user's phone. The wallet is topped up with cash at information service counters, by transfer from other card systems, or, from 2024, by home cash pickup. It holds both local won and foreign-exchange won. Unlike the bank debit cards Jonsong and Narae, Samhung is phone-based, and it is used for taxis, buses, the Pyongyang metro, utility bills and restaurant bookings.
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