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North Korea is afraid of Samsung cell phones
- Published_at:2018-02-22
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Beme News
- tags: Samsung Note8 north korea olympics olympics 2018 Iran kim jong-un kim jong un kpop k-pop bemenews casey neistat cnn casey neistat beme beme note 8
- description: Olympians got free, special-edition Samsung Note8 cell phones. Nice perk. But North Korea banned their athletes from accepting the gift. Lou explains why cell phones are so scary to dictators. Yonho Kim’s study "Cell Phones in North Korea" https://www.uskoreainstitute.org/research/special-reports/ykim030614/ Orascom & North Korea http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/17/north-koreas-silent-hard-currency-source-that-cellphone-business-with-orascom/ Info about Olympic Samsung phone http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/news/samsung-electronics-unveils-pyeongchang-2018-olympic-games-limited-edition-to-celebrate-the-spirit-of-the-olympic-winter-games-pyeongchang-2018 Banned imports/exports to North Korea: https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/1718/prohibited-items International Sanctions on Iran https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/international-sanctions-iran Definition of “Dual Use” http://ec.europa.eu/trade/import-and-export-rules/export-from-eu/dual-use-controls/ Stats on cell phone subscriptions throughout world (link prompts download) https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2018/Mobile_cellular_2000-2016.xls
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