SMS API for North Korea: bulk SMS to +850 numbers
North Korea
Calling code +850
- Per SMS segment
- $0.05677
- Messages for $100
- 1,761
- Local language
- Korean
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to North Korea costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.05677 | $0.11354 |
| 1,000 | $56.77 | $113.54 |
| 10,000 | $567.70 | $1,135.40 |
| 100,000 | $5,677.00 | $11,354.00 |
Number format in North Korea
Mobile numbers in North Korea have 10 digits after +850. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (0192 123 4567); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +850 192 123 4567.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Hangul is always Unicode, so a message to North Korea written in Korean carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.
Time zone and timing
North Korea keeps UTC+9 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Pyongyang is always 00:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to North Korea with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (KP) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.
For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.
curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+8501921234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+8501921234567", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.05677", country: "KP"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+8501921234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.05677"What developers send to North Korea
Service updates
Public service announcements notify residents in Pyongyang about changes in utility schedules or maintenance work.
Educational alerts
Schools send messages to parents in rural areas about exam dates or school closures.
Official notices
Government agencies inform citizens in Kaesong about new regulations or public safety measures.
Event reminders
Cultural centers in Hamhung send reminders about public events or exhibitions.
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SMS to North Korea: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to North Korea?
How many SMS to North Korea does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write North Korea numbers for the API?
What language should messages be in?
Are there specific times to avoid sending messages?
Start sending to North Korea
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to North Korea at $0.05677 per segment, from the console or with one API call.