North Korea, led by its controversial leader Kim Jong-un, has once again grabbed headlines for an unusual and provocative act. The regime has started sending balloons filled with feces and other trash across the border into South Korea.
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The bizarre tactic involves launching balloons packed with animal feces, used batteries, dismembered shoe parts, and other waste, affecting eight out of nine South Korean provinces. Authorities have warned residents to avoid contact with the debris due to health hazards.
This act is seen as retaliation for South Korean activists who earlier sent balloons filled with leaflets criticizing Kim’s regime and USB drives loaded with K-pop music into North Korea. These materials are considered a threat to the North Korean government, which goes to great lengths to block foreign influences.
While the two Koreas are technically still at war, such provocative acts are not new. In 2016, North Korea sent balloons with cigarette butts and other trash in response to South Korea’s broadcasts of K-pop songs across the border.
Despite the crude nature of this latest tactic, it highlights the ongoing tension and unconventional methods of psychological warfare employed by both sides. For now, South Korea remains vigilant and prepared to respond to these unusual provocations.
