North Korea Won't Let Olympic Athletes Accept Galaxy S7 Phones

#1 Samsung provided 11,000 phones to all the athletes

The South Korean electronics giant provided each of the 11,000 athletes competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics with a special edition Galaxy S7 smartphone.

One country, however, has refused the gift.

#2 The dictatorship

"North Korea, a dictatorship and arch enemy of South Korea, has strict rules for its athletes. The Washington Post reported that athletes are not allowed to visit places of interest and are discouraged from interacting with others, although no official reason was released as to why the athletes didn't receive the phones.", a cnet article explains.

#3 Kim Jong-un says no to the phones

Although no official explanation was given out, it is believed that he thinks it could be a threat to their national security. Also, North Korea does not like South Korea at all, and as it was developed by their rivals South Korea, that's a big no-no to the leader of North Korea.

#4 No New Phones for North Korea!

Kim Song I, a North Korean athlete competing in table tennis, shook her head when asked by Radio Free Asia if she had received a phone.