[Eneru]

North Korea flies hundreds of balloons full of trash over South Korea

South's Korea's military said about 260 North Korean balloons were found dropped in various parts of the country and were being recovered by military rapid response and explosive clearance teams.

www.cbsnews.com

North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in one of its most bizarre provocations against its rival in years, prompting the South's military to mobilize chemical and explosive response teams to recover objects and debris in different parts of the country.

In a statement issued over the weekend, North Korean Vice Defense Minister Kim Kang Il said the North was planning to scatter "mounds of wastepaper and filth" over border areas and other parts of South Korea, in what he described as "tit-for-tat" action against the leafletting by South Korean activists.

Local media reports said some balloons also carried toilet paper and suspected animal faeces into the South, according to Agence France-Presse.

I put it in chill because it's rather funny.

@mods feel free to move to politics if you think it's a better fit.


@OT: seems like peak clown world to me. I wonder if Kim himself took a shit in one of the balloons.

 

[Dr. Farnsgoth]

Nah leave it here, it means @Miyazaki Loves Kojima can see it

 

[DonDonDonPata]

The generation of poop requires the generation of food, and... well... North Korea.

 

[MetalAlien]

Gotta admire their moxie.

 

[borodori]

I'm in SK for Holiday, hope none of those hit me.

 

[Eneru]

I'm in SK for Holiday, hope none of those hit me.

SK is great. I spend a month traveling there. Enjoy your daily dose of kimchi

 

[Prison mike]

K poop

 

[Miyazaki Loves Kojima]

Nah leave it here, it means @Miyazaki Loves Kojima can see it

 

[Eneru]

Update:

North Korea has said that it will temporarily stop sending trash-filled balloons into South Korea. But it has also threatened to resume the operation, if the South Korean side sends more anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the North.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240603_01/

 

[Eneru]

Update 2: shit's gonna go down. New developments regarding the balloon affair.

South Korea is retaliating with K-POP + K-DRAMAS!! THEYRE SENDING THE REAL SHIT BACK. OMFG

South Korean activists sent balloons carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks to their northern neighbor on Thursday, days after North Korean balloons of trash and "filth"floated in the opposite direction.

The activist group Fighters for a Free North Korea (FFNK) released the giant balloons in the early hours of Thursday morning, with videos showing them floating away, some dragging giant posters visible from afar while others carried smaller plastic packages.

Inside the packages were 200,000 leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, 5,000 USB sticks containing South Korean music videos and television shows, and 2,000 one dollar bills, according to FFNK.

Source:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/06/asia/north-korea-balloons-activists-kpop-intl-hnk/index.html

I don't even know why I'm updating this lol.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Now that's some real cultural exchange.

 

[Yer Da]