Right, they did a big round up of all the cell phones and didn't compensate either of the owners.
Most people in the PRK probably have a regular telephone but no phone line to their house.
They actually all have loudspeakers in their home, and the authorities can give them instructions over the system.
Can a cellphone be used to detonate an explosive if there are no cellsites nearby? One cellphone cannot call another cellphone directly, it must go through a cellsite, and router.