Selfie sticks could bring jail time in South Korea


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 27 Nov 2014

CRACKDOWN: A couple using a 'selfie stick' to take a photo at a popular tourist spot in Seoul. In South Korea anyone selling an unregistered Bluetooth-enabled selfie stick could face a US$27,000 fine or up to three years in prison, the Science Ministry announced.

SEOUL: That selfie stick in your hand. A harmless memory-maker? Or a potentially chaos-inducing electromagnetic radiation emitter? 

In South Korea, it seems, it could be both and anyone selling an unregistered version could face a US$27,000 (RM90,288) fine or up to three years in prison, the Science Ministry announced last week. 

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