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Kim Jo Yong, the North Korean leader's sister, has called South Koreans sending balloon-borne leaflets over the border "scum." She hinted that the North might resume sending trash-filled balloons to the South.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/U9rVY

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[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Watch the south Koreans laser down those balloons like it's the star wars before they even reach the border.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So where were these lasers for the previous 600 balloons that were sent to SK?

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago

Being played with by South Korean cats.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

They just built them. Did you miss the announcement earlier this week?

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I know a place where her trash balloons would be more than welcome: https://old.reddit.com/r/kimyojong

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev -1 points 3 months ago

Genuinely curious, why did the south send the balloon in the first place? The article only mentioned that it was led by activists and North Korean defectors.

If that was an oversight from the south, that looks really bad IMHO. Look how we treat balloons sent by China that is immediately shot down. It could very well hide a weapon/surveillance instead of leaflet and hence the raising tension.