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North Korea Confiscates Olympic Athletes' Free Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Edition
Tech Times ^ | August 13, 2016 | Horia Ungureanu

Posted on 08/13/2016 8:19:07 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

North Korea Confiscates Olympic Athletes' Free Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Edition

13 August 2016, 11:21 am EDT

By Horia Ungureanu Tech Times

North Korea has confiscated the complimentary Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Edition smartphones meant for its Olympians, making sure none of its athletes got their gift.

Samsung, one of the main sponsors of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, wanted no athlete participating in the competition to go home empty-handed.

That is why the OEM crafted a limited edition of Olympic Galaxy S7 edge handsets, with 12,500 units in total reserved for Olympians. The smartphones were supposed to reach the athletes and staff members, enhancing their experience of the competition.

A number of handsets, however, never reached their intended recipients, despite being picked up by an authorized person from the delegation. The phones were destined to reach the athletes representing North Korea, but the manager of the delegation made sure no South Korean electronic device comes to disturb the loyalty of North Korean athletes.

When asked whether she had received her Galaxy S7 edge, one athlete simply shook her head in silence. Insiders from North Korea's Olympic village confirmed that no athlete in the village came close to the devices Samsung prepared for them.

It seems that the Olympic Committee from North Korea decided to refrain from handing over the phones to their 31 competing athletes. One reason for the ban was that the smartphones would permit athletes access to Samsung's Galaxy Studio exhibitions, which would expose North Korean sportspeople to electronics manufactured by South Korea.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nkorea; olympics; samsung
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1 posted on 08/13/2016 8:19:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

P!


2 posted on 08/13/2016 8:19:34 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Small things like that do create a sense of dissatisfaction with the regime.


3 posted on 08/13/2016 8:28:30 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
...one athlete simply shook her head in silence.

this one will be wished into the cornfield.
4 posted on 08/13/2016 8:29:06 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: stylin19a

Or the Pyongyang Soylent Green factory.


5 posted on 08/13/2016 8:49:36 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

They need to make their way to the American contingent and defect, immediately. Time is short. They only have about a week.

I hope and pray that someone helps them.

Memories of Soviet defectors during the Olympics or any event where they had a taste of freedom (ballet, etc.)


6 posted on 08/13/2016 8:54:47 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This one device from S. Korea surpasses everything ever produced by N. Korea, ever.


7 posted on 08/13/2016 8:57:45 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Rare, custom made, top of the line I’m guessing. They can be sold on eBay - probably be most or all of NK’s GDP for the year.


8 posted on 08/13/2016 8:58:24 PM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: TigerLikesRooster; All

Seriously, if anyone reading this has any capacity to help these people ... please do so. This is their only chance for a very long time.

They can’t ask for help.

We need to pray for them, that they may find freedom in this brief window of time.


9 posted on 08/13/2016 9:01:22 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Herro Comrade


10 posted on 08/13/2016 9:02:35 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: proud American in Canada
I hope and pray that someone helps them

Yes, with hope they go to a nation that won't return them. The US I'm not so sure of anymore...

11 posted on 08/13/2016 9:05:44 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump)
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To: Let's Roll
Rare, custom made, top of the line I’m guessing. They can be sold on eBay - probably be most or all of NK’s GDP for the year.

Yes, you are probably right. And let Kim "what's his face" make money to feed his people (as if he would do that!)

But these people need to get out. When they do, they can buy whatever smartphones they want. Not that that would be their first priority.

I'm sorry, I grew up in the Cold War and these imprisoned people have such a brief window of freedom. I hope and pray that some ... or maybe even all? (one can dream, right?) ... are protected and make their way to freedom.

12 posted on 08/13/2016 9:08:48 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: Jonty30
Small things like that do create a sense of dissatisfaction with the regime.

I'm sure most North Koreans are already dissatisfied with the regime.

The athletes and soldiers are the only ones who get to eat.

If there are athletes who don't want to return home, it will be because they are worried about what will happen to their families back there.

13 posted on 08/13/2016 9:11:57 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: broken_clock

Yes, with hope they go to a nation that won’t return them. The US I’m not so sure of anymore...
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“I’m sorry...are you a Muslim...no?
Sorry...can’t help you.

Marko


14 posted on 08/13/2016 9:13:46 PM PDT by markoman (If one gun is justified.....they all are.)
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To: broken_clock
Yes, with hope they go to a nation that won't return them. The US I'm not so sure of anymore...

You are right, sadly.

I just remember Ronald Reagan; he welcomed people who wanted freedom.

But then, our focus wasn't on bringing in the most Islamic terrorists possible.

Seriously, I feel like crying right now.

Maybe they could bring them to Canada and claim refugee status; although, I'm not even sure about that even more, with our superstar prime minister, Trudeau.

He appears to favor Islam as well.

You know, because Toronto is full of Muslims and is a huge voting block.

I fear for Western Civilization. Was just watching a series of documentaries on the World Wars. Where is Winston Churchill when you need him???

15 posted on 08/13/2016 9:19:08 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: markoman
I’m sorry...are you a Muslim...no? Sorry...can’t help you.

Use your brain and think about the situation. This regime would most likely call the defections a misunderstanding and have them returned. All we do is kiss ass to the Norks.

Better they try for Argentina.

16 posted on 08/13/2016 9:20:26 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

North Korea is apparently stuck on 3G. No cell phones can connect to the interwebs and no phones can make calls outside of North Korea.

Sounds like a great place for cutting edge technology like the Samsung Galaxy S7.


17 posted on 08/13/2016 9:21:10 PM PDT by NYRepublican72 (Radical Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen is "Ready for Hillary!" Are you too?)
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To: broken_clock
Better they try for Argentina.

They only let in Nazis.

18 posted on 08/13/2016 9:21:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Is this supposed to be surprising news?


19 posted on 08/13/2016 9:22:26 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed four more People than Three Mile Island.)
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To: dfwgator
They only let in Nazis

Lol, There's a new guy in there now and they don't have any skin in the game afaik.

20 posted on 08/13/2016 9:24:42 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump)
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