US Kills North Korean iPod Sales To Spite Kim Jong Il November 30, 2006
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In an effort to sanction North Korea via luxury items, the US is engaging in the first ever effort to "personally aggravate a foreign president" by targeting items he personally enjoys. The list includes, besides the iPod:
cognac, Rolex watches, cigarettes, artwork, expensive cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles or even personal watercraft, such as Jet Skis. The new ban would extend even to music and sports equipment.
Besides those, the leader enjoys:
Mercedes, BMW and Cadillac cars; Japanese and Harley Davidson motorcycles; Hennessy XO cognac from France and Johnny Walker Scotch whisky; Sony cameras and Japanese air conditioners.
Who doesn't? – Jason Chen
Editor and Contributor | Martin Lynch
Contributor | Tamlin Magee
Comments
Yeh right, as if the sanctions are going to stop him getting what he wants
So the US controls Swiss watch exports now? That's watches made in and exprted from Switzerland. Someone should buy GWB an atlas and help him point to all the parts that aren't coloured American... (I'll stop at Rolex, no need to move on to German cars, Japanese bikes, British hi-fi, French booze and so on)
Apart from that, I rather like the idea of the extreme pettiness. It certainly has more appeal than waving a nuclear arsenal at him...