# results of a drone in north korea

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 29, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-a-drone-in-north-korea/680006 "2014-01-29T01:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-a-drone-in-north-korea/680006/21 "2014-01-29T17:57:30Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> Frontline did an episode on this recently. They don’t answer how people charge them up, but they did show smugglers bringing in thumbdrives, DVDs, and the like. One smuggler mentioned that guys like action flicks and women liked dramas and soap operas. They showed two young ladies watching a show on a laptop or laptop type viewer. As they watched they asked things like, “Is this Europe? I think it’s Europe.” The cameraman made a point of tilting up to show the mandatory pics of the Kims on the wall. NK is getting increasingly infiltrated by foreign media.
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> ETA, one very popular item was the crank-charged radio.

Yes, I saw this episode! It is weird. We always see NK as a closed country, but they are starting to know about the world. I think this is different for rural areas, though.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/results-of-a-drone-in-north-korea/680006/22 "2014-01-29T18:12:39Z")

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So did they send 99 red balloons?

> [@GaryM](#):
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> Possibly solar panels, maybe we should airdrop thousands of them with radios attached.

One of the boys is in the process of checking out the [BioLite](http://www.biolitestove.com/campstove/camp-overview/features/) Camp Stove. It claims to use heat from burning twigs to charge a phone. There’s a [larger version](http://www.biolitestove.com/homestove/overview/), too, but those aren’t available for sale in the first world.

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