Dear MEL Topic Readers,
North Korea sent trash balloons to South Korea. Activists are sending
balloons back with K-pop and K-dramas
South Korean activists have been sending propaganda balloons to its northern
neighbor for some time, containing USB sticks loaded with videos and TV shows,
leaflets criticizing North’s leaders, and booklets about South’s prosperity. In
return, the North recently sent quite a few balloons carrying trash
of all kinds, and over a thousand of them arrived in South Korea. These
balloons disrupted flights and business activities in areas near the border. Indeed,
balloons are an economical, carbon-free way to send materials somewhere. However,
once the balloons are released, they are controlled mainly by the wind, and they
might arrive too far from the targeted areas. Also, you never know if the items
you packed will be picked up by the target populations. In addition, it is threatening
if explosive, hazardous, or contaminated materials are sent by balloons. Why
are Koreans relying on balloons to send messages and trash to each other?
Read the article and learn about the recent balloon attacks in the
Korean Peninsula.
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