Post by pavel on Jan 18, 2016 23:20:34 GMT -6
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- North Korea has been dropping propaganda leaflets into South Korea by balloon near-daily as tensions escalate between the two countries.
Pyongyang began dropping leaflets as early as Jan. 13, Yonhap News Agency reported. The helium balloons that carry them have timers that cause them to explode, scattering the leaflets. Seoul's defense ministry told SkyNews the leaflets have reached as far as the capitol.
The leaflets criticize South Korean President Park Geun-hye for a campaign of loudspeaker broadcasts directed into North Korea. The broadcasts consist of anti-North Korean messages read by an announcer, but also pop music and news. The latter gives North Korea's residents -- who are largely cut off from the rest of the world -- a glimpse of life outside the impoverished nation.
Officials say the irregularly scheduled broadcasts reach 6 miles into the North during the day, and 15 miles at night. The North has also started to fight back with border broadcasts of its own, according to Voice of America.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/18/N-Korea-drops-1-million-propaganda-leaflets-in-S-Korea/5801453156674/?spt=hs&or=tn_int
Pyongyang began dropping leaflets as early as Jan. 13, Yonhap News Agency reported. The helium balloons that carry them have timers that cause them to explode, scattering the leaflets. Seoul's defense ministry told SkyNews the leaflets have reached as far as the capitol.
The leaflets criticize South Korean President Park Geun-hye for a campaign of loudspeaker broadcasts directed into North Korea. The broadcasts consist of anti-North Korean messages read by an announcer, but also pop music and news. The latter gives North Korea's residents -- who are largely cut off from the rest of the world -- a glimpse of life outside the impoverished nation.
Officials say the irregularly scheduled broadcasts reach 6 miles into the North during the day, and 15 miles at night. The North has also started to fight back with border broadcasts of its own, according to Voice of America.
Read more: www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/01/18/N-Korea-drops-1-million-propaganda-leaflets-in-S-Korea/5801453156674/?spt=hs&or=tn_int
