AFP on Saturday recommended a holiday in North Korea for those who wish to escape non-stop demands of modern communication.

In an article entitled "High-tech Revolution Yet to Hit North Korea," the news agency wrote, "Stressed out by email overload and non-stop mobile calls? You might consider a vacation in North Korea, where your cell phone is seized at the airport and Internet is unavailable."

North Korean girls use cell phones in a park in Pyongyang on Sept. 22. /AFP-Yonhap

But Orascom Telecom of Egypt joined hands with North Korean authorities to found Koryolink in 2008, which provides mobile communications service in the Stalinist country, and there are said to be about 185,000 subscribers as of late June.