A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea , carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon on May 29, 2024. SEOUL: South Korea n activists said on Thursday that they had sent 10 balloons loaded with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets and K-pop music into North Korea , in response to
The defector group Fighters for Free North Korea announced on Thursday that they had launched 10 balloons northward carrying 200,000 leaflets and 5,000 USB flash drives containing Korean pop music and TV shows, as well as thousands of one-dollar bills. North Korea is extremely sensitive about its people gaining access to the South's flourishing popular culture.
But the Constitutional Court struck down the law last year, calling it an undue limitation on free speech, and there are now no legal grounds for the government to block the balloons, attorney Yoo Jung-hoon told AFP. The broadcasts infuriate Pyongyang, which has previously threatened artillery strikes against the loudspeaker units unless they were switched off.
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