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Can You Hear Me Now?

Charles Oliver | 6.29.2004 12:00 AM

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North Korea has banned its citizens from using cellphones. Only 20,000 people in the Communist country have acquired cellphones since they were first permitted in 2002. The government gave no reason for the ban.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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