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Kim Jong-Un and the mystery smartphone

A picture of North Korea's Kim Jong-Un with a smartphone has triggered fevered speculation about which brand is favoured by the leader of one of the world's most repressive nations.

This undated picture released by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 27, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) at a meeting at an undisclosed location in North Korea. It shows a black smartphone on the table next to Kim's right arm -- as well as a lit cigarette in his hand.

The photo released by the North's state media showed Kim presiding over a meeting with top national security advisers last week -- a meeting believed to have been focused on Pyongyang's threat to conduct an imminent nuclear test.

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