South Korea iPad Ban Lifted
It’s not just Israel that had a ban on Apple iPads but also South Korea, which has also now been lifted. This was the result of the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports being unaware of the ban and using an iPad at a news conference in early April. According to the Wall Street Journal, the minister’s news conference was to announce a $50M fund for electronic book publishing, so it’s not surprising he used the iPad “as a prop.” Apparently the news of the Korean Communications Commission’s ban had not reached minister.
The issue as with Israel was to whether the iPad met local wireless standards. The ban on iPads in South Korea has been lifted for personal use and for “companies that are using it for research and development of products.” Not sure what that leaves or why any other use would be a violation, but that’s way things stand there right now.
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