Collection USB sticks for North Korea

- Two human rights groups have launched a remarkable collection campaign: they want to collect USB sticks so they loaded with Western movies and media, North Korea could be smuggled.

The Human Rights Foundation and the North Korea Strategy Center smuggling annually averaging over 10. 000 USB sticks with media in the communist country. These include Hollywood films, but also articles of the South Korean version of Wikipedia. That the BBC reports. Such media is banned in North Korea and is difficult to get to because Internet access in the country for only a handful of people play.

The problem for organizations is that the cost of such drives in those numbers are pretty hefty. That is why they hope that consumers want to donate their old USB sticks so they can be used for these smuggling operations.

According to the Human Rights Foundation are especially stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone popular and series like Desperate Housewives.