[JacksonGariety]

> He advised that factory workers should "select and produce shapes and colours that users like".

Because the people of North Korea will love the shapes and colors of the phones, and not the possibility of it bringing them out of poverty, right?

[sp332]

North Koreans are already told that they live in the best country. They wouldn't officially suggest that the situation is terrible.

[duskwuff]

And because the factory workers are obviously the ones in charge of the "shapes and colors" of the phone!

As the BBC article notes, production was probably in China. The "inspection" at the NK factory was probably more for internal PR than for any practical reason.