Kim Jong Un has been accused of sending balloons filled with excrement and trash to South Korea in a “tit for tat” response to anti-Pyongyang leaflets and other materials, including K-pop music videos.
According to a report by the Seoul-based newspaper Yonhap News AgencySouth Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said its adversary floated more than 260 balloons across the border since Tuesday night containing “various pieces of trash, such as plastic bottles, batteries, shoe pieces and even dung.” “.
By ReutersNorth Korean defectors and South Korean activists “regularly” send balloons containing USB flash drives loaded with K-pop music videos and Korean dramas, anti-Pyongyang leaflets, food, medicine and money across the border.
On Sunday, North Korean Vice Defense Minister Kim Kang Il criticized the South Korean balloons as “despicable psychological warfare” and a “dangerous provocation” that would be met with “piles of waste paper and garbage.”
Kim Jong Un has been known for his attempts to eradicate K-pop music and K-dramas, which he considers a “cruel cancer” in North Korea. In December 2021, a study by a Seoul-based human rights group reported that it had executed at least seven people in North Korea for watching or distributing K-pop videos over the past decade.
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