Exploding Note 7,” Gizmodo, September 15, 2016, https://gizmodo.com/feds-
to-launch-official-recall-of-the-exploding-samsung-1786681573.
announcing its cooperation with the agency: “Samsung Confirms Engagement with
Consumer Product Safety Commission in Response to Note7 Battery Issue,”
Samsung Newsroom, September 9, 2016, https://news.samsung.com/us/
samsung-confirms-engagement-with-cpsc-consumer-product-safety-
commission-in-response-to-note7-battery-issue/.
A Galaxy Note 7 that was being: Josh Cascio, “St. Pete Family Says Jeep Totaled by
Exploding Note 7,” FOX 13 News, September 7, 2016,
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/st-pete-familys-jeep-totaled-by-
exploding-note-7.
“the power of communication”: Park Soon-chan, “Samsung’s Strength in
Communication That Elicited Recall,” Chosun Biz, September 5, 2016,
http://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/09/05/2016090500302.html.
This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the title and the
quoted text into English.
“When checking the information”: “Second Report of Expert Meeting Regarding
Galaxy Note 7,” Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, September
19, 2016. Document is in the author’s possession. This source is in Korean.
The author’s researcher translated the title and the quoted text into English.
“They’re buying time”: Park Chul Wan, interview by the author, November 28,
2016.
“In 2007 I was looking into”: Park Chul Wan, interview by the author, November
28, 2016.
His body was found: Kim Ju-cheol, “
Have Exploded in Cheongwon, Fatal Accident Occurs,” Chungju Shinmun,
November 27, 2007, http://cjwn.com/sub_read.html?
uid=5950§ion=§ion2=. This source is in Korean. The author’s
researcher translated the title and the quoted text into English.
Another machinery operator admitted: Koo Jun-hoe, “Mobile Phone Battery
Explosion Fatality? Turns Out to Be a Case of Accidental Manslaughter,” SBS,
November 30, 2007, https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?
news_id=N1000343794. This source is in Korean. The author’s researcher
translated the title and the quoted text into English.
penning a popular column: Park Chul Wan, “Has the Gate of Lithium Ion Battery–
Related Accidents Reopened?” IT Chosun, September 9, 2016. This source is
in Korean. The author’s researcher translated the title and the quoted text into
English. Park Chul Wan published many opinion articles in the fall of 2016
stating his hypothesis on the Galaxy Note 7 fires. This is merely one example
of such an article.
“A lot of Korean battery experts”: Park Chul Wan, interview by the author,