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North Korean citizens punished severely for using mobile phones and watching foreign films - Civicus Monitor
![A camera-equipped mobile phone is demonstrated in Seoul July 10, 2003. [Big-name, high-tech South Korean companies have declared war against camera-equipped mobile phones, ironically including Samsung Electronics Co - - the world's A camera-equipped mobile phone is demonstrated in Seoul July 10, 2003. [Big-name, high-tech South Korean companies have declared war against camera-equipped mobile phones, ironically including Samsung Electronics Co - - the world's](https://c8.alamy.com/compes/2d42cwt/a-camera-equipped-mobile-phone-is-demonstrated-in-seoul-july-10-2003-big-name-high-tech-south-korean-companies-have-declared-war-against-camera-equipped-mobile-phones-ironically-including-samsung-electronics-co-the-worlds-third-largest-mobile-phone-maker-and-a-pioneer-of-the-very-technology-that-stuck-a-tiny-lens-on-a-small-handset-2d42cwt.jpg)
A camera-equipped mobile phone is demonstrated in Seoul July 10, 2003. [Big-name, high-tech South Korean companies have declared war against camera-equipped mobile phones, ironically including Samsung Electronics Co - - the world's
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A South Korean woman uses the multimedia messaging service on her mobile phone in Seoul May 6, 2003. South Korea's three mobile carriers, seeking to capitalise on a potentially lucrative new revenue
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