Paris Olympics 2024: North Korea Olympians not given Samsung phones, says IOC
The HinduNorth Korean Olympians have not received Samsung smartphones, unlike athletes from other countries, the IOC told AFP on Thursday, hours after Seoul suggested that providing them the phones could violate UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed North. North Korean table tennis silver medallists participated in one such group podium selfie last week alongside South Korean bronze winners -- a rare inter-Korean encounter that went viral. But the South Korean government said Thursday that providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean Olympians could violate United Nations sanctions related to Pyongyang’s weapons programme, following a report by US-funded outlet Radio Free Asia that North Korea, like other nations, had received the phones for its athletes. But the IOC told AFP in a statement late Thursday that North Korean Olympians “have not received the Samsung phones”.
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