the iPhone would not have come: Merchant, The One Device, p. 363.
17: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
The South Korean government banned: Myung Oh and James Larson, Digital
Development in Korea: Building an Information Society (Abingdon, UK: Taylor
& Francis, 2011), pp. 106–7.
it was a protectionist trade measure: Robert Kelly, “Uber and Classic Asian
Mercantilism,” The Diplomat, July 25, 2014, https://thediplomat.com/2014/
07/uber-and-classic-asian-mercantilism/.
“You don’t understand!”: Former Google software engineer, interview by the
author, March 2, 2015.
“we were given a directive”: Former staffer in Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s office,
interview by the author, February 14, 2016.
“I live in Korea”: Kim Yong-chul, interview by the author, September 24, 2015.
bank accounts under the names: Choe Sang-hun, “Corruption Scandal Snowballs at
South Korea’s Samsung Group,” The New York Times, November 6, 2007,
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/business/worldbusiness/06iht-
samsung.1.8210181.html. A list of Kim’s allegations from each press
conference can be found at http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/
252735.html.
$215 million slush fund: Choe Sang-hun, “South Korean Leader Allows Inquiry into
Samsung Bribes,” The New York Times, November 28, 2007,
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/business/worldbusiness/
28samsung.html.
“When you see a pile of excrement”: Choe Sang-hun, “Book on Samsung Divides
Korea,” The New York Times, April 25, 2010, https://www.nytimes.com/2010/
04/26/technology/26samsung.html.
Samsung fired his law firm: Evan Ramstad, “Samsung Whistleblower Returns to the
Public Eye,” The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2010, https://blogs.wsj.com/
digits/2010/05/19/samsung-whistleblower-returns-to-the-public-eye/.
Investigators rummaged through: Choe Sang-hun, “Samsung Chairman’s Office
Raided in Inquiry,” The New York Times, January 15, 2008,
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/business/worldbusiness/
15samsung.html.
An investigation by South Korean: “The Mystery of Korea’s Elderly Protesters,”
Korea Exposé, May 2, 2016, https://www.koreaexpose.com/the-mystery-of-
south-koreas-elderly-protesters/.
“no different from a gigolo”: Joo Jin-woo, “The Catholic Priests’ Association Is Sad
and Hurting,” SisaIn. April 29, 2008, https://www.sisain.co.kr/?
