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Pager attack in Lebanon: Taiwanese company Gold Apollo denies making pagers used in Hezbollah attack

Lebanon on Tuesday was rocked by explosions involving pagers that resulted in the deaths of at least nine individuals and injuries to nearly 3,000, drawing attention to the devices' origins. The pagers, used by members of Hezbollah, were manufactured by BAC Consulting, a company based in Budapest, according to Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese firm. Photographic evidence reviewed by Reuters revealed …

People gather outside the American University hospital in Beirut where several men who were wounded by exploding handheld pagers were taken Tuesday. According to media reports citing Lebanese and American officials, Hezbollah ordered more than 3,000 electronic pagers from Gold Apollo, a manufacturer of wireless communication devices based in New Taipei City. The company’s founder, Hsu Ching-kuang, told reporters Wednesday …

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Tracking the exploding pagers used in apparent Israeli attack on Hezbollah

Tracking the exploding pagers used in apparent Israeli attack on Hezbollah toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR TAIPEI, Taiwan — Entrepreneur Hsu Ching-kuang was once lauded in Taiwan for resuscitating the archaic electronic pager, in part by pivoting into sales to foreign governments. But on Wednesday, he faced an onslaught of police officers and journalists outside his office in northern Taiwan, after …

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