Yes all phones lose signal strength when you cover the antenna, not all phones allow the antenna to be bridged with another antenna rendering it into a pretty crappy antenna.
That's what the whole iphone antenna issue was about. Not signal attenuation do through holding it.
If you picked the correct door (1% chance) then the other door will be incorrect.
If you picked the incorrect door (99% chance) then the other door will be correct.
Thusly there is a 99% chance that the other door is the correct choice,
However the principle by which they are working is very real. And in North Korea, there is (supposed to be) silence on all frequencies except the government approved ones, therefore any activity there whatsoever would be a lot easier to pickup.
The european parliament, the council, some other organisations or perhaps a country from Europe?
The article is a little bit light on detail.
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