S. Korean activists clash with police over anti-Kim balloons

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KIM TONG-HYUNG

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean activists say they clashed with police while launching balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda materials across the North Korean border, ignoring their government’s plea to stop such activities since the North has threatened to respond with “deadly” retaliation.

Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector-turned-activist, said he his group had launched about eight balloons from an area in the South Korean border town of Paju Saturday night when police officers arrived at the scene and prevented them from sending their 12 remaining balloons. Park said police confiscated some of their materials and detained him and three other members of his group over mild scuffles with officers before releasing them after questioning.

Officials at the Paju police and the northern Gyeonggi provincial police agencies didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday.

The balloons flown toward North Korea carried masks, Tylenol and Vitamin C tablets along with propaganda materials, including booklets praising South Korea’s economic wealth and democratic society and hundreds of USB sticks containing videos of U.S. Congress members denouncing the North’s human rights record, Park said.



Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector-turned-activist, holds a placard condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the border town of Paju, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. South Korean activists say they clashed with police while launching balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda materials across the North Korean border, ignoring their government's plea to stop such activities the North has threatened to respond with "deadly" retaliation. The signs read "Entire humanity denounces Kim Jong Un who threatens to preemptively strike with nuclear missiles." (Courtesy of Fighters For A Free North Korea via AP)


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[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Anything the South does will be used as Propaganda.

The Pyongyang Times calls South Korea "south Korea" to il-legitimatize it. They say they are a puppet for the "US imperialists."

If they launch balloons, NK will say that the South is encroaching on it's sovereignty and will respond with harsh retribution.
If they halt the launching of balloons, NK will say that the South is weak and ripe for taking by the real rules of Korea.

Either way, the South will give NK propaganda. Being afraid of NK's "threat to respond with “deadly” retaliation" only emboldens the bully.

If NK wanted to attack with "deadly retaliation," they would have years ago, be it full scale invasion or terroristic action. Jabba the Kim is a stupid, nihilistic sociopath, but if he does anything, he won't know where he will get his next lobster dinner.