South Korea's military has warned people to avoid touching the balloons and report them to authorities.

North Korea is sending more balloons carrying rubbish across the heavily fortified southern border, South Korea’s military has said.

It comes just days after North Korea appeared to send at least 200 balloons carrying rubbish over the border in retaliation for propaganda leaflets sent from the south.

South Korea’s defence minister Shin Won-sik called it “unimaginably petty and low-grade behaviour” while the military added it is examining the contents of the bags floated over the border by the balloons.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      282·
      6 months ago

      Not just leaflets, but also music, music videos, snacks and cash.

      In addition to anti-Pyongyang propaganda, activists in South Korea have launched balloons carrying among other things, cash, banned media content and even Choco Pies - a South Korean snack banned in the North.

      Earlier this month, a South Korea-based activist group claimed it had sent 20 balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets and USB sticks containing Korean pop music and music videos across the border.

      Music, so dangerous!

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        81·
        6 months ago

        Not dangerous to the public, but it will be to the government.

        If you’ve gone to great lengths to maintain an information bubble and keeping the country cut off from the outside world informationally, and if the government remaining intact relies on that…if the whole thing collapses, I suspect that the life expectancy of the North Korean leadership isn’t too good.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      English
      417·
      6 months ago

      True. It’s disrespect from both sides though, even though we outsiders consider only the north to be ridiculous. Are the South side trying to enlighten the North’s people or something? What was the agenda there? Like, the larger agenda.

      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        42·
        6 months ago

        I agree, it is disrespectful for both

        I can understand that the south would view it as spreading culture or “enlightening” as you mentioned, since the North is a locked down authoritarian country.

        • Victor@lemmy.world
          English
          2·
          5 months ago

          I like how everyone agreeing with me gets up votes, but I get a million down votes, lmao.

          But yeah. Us non-North Koreans obviously favor what the South is doing more than the North, and North knows it’s full of shit and their propaganda won’t work so they just send garbage and shit. But still. Both sides should stop.