Cash for trash: How activists are responding to Pyongyang's rubbish-filled balloons into South Korea

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Cash for trash: How activists are responding to Pyongyang's rubbish-filled balloons into South Korea
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North Korean defectors, part of an activist group in Seoul, are fighting back — not with balloons filled with trash and excrement, but with K-pop and dollar…

Activist group Free North Korea Movement said it sent 10 giant balloons carrying K-pop videos and dramas, amongst other items, into North Korea on Thursday.

Foreign media, information and culture — which include Korean pop music and dramas produced in the South — are banned in the reclusive North as they represent a challenge to Kim's totalitarian regime, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.North Korean defectors, part of an activist group in Seoul, are fighting back — not with balloons filled with trash and excrement, but with K-pop and dollar bills instead.

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