Seoul Activists Develop 'Smart Balloons' To Send Messages Deep Into North Korea

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11 June 2024 13:51 WIB

Anti-North Korean leaflets designed by a Seoul-based activist group to be carried by balloons over North Korean territory, are pictured in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2024. In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometres across the border. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

11 Juni 2024 00:00 WIB

A member of a Seoul-based activist group, who is a North Korean defector, assembles a device to distribute anti-North Korean leaflets over North Korean territory that will be carried by balloon, in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2024. Once or twice a month from spring to autumn, when favourable winds blow north, the secretive group flies the balloons - mostly under the cover of darkness. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

11 Juni 2024 00:00 WIB

A monitor shows the GPS tracking of balloons built by a Seoul-based activist group that are designed to distribute anti-North Korean messages over North Korean territory in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2024. The group, which has some 30 core members and is funded by members' own finances as well as donations, has not previously detailed its activities to media. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

11 Juni 2024 00:00 WIB

A member of a Seoul-based activist group, who is a North Korean defector, sets the time on a device that will be carried by balloon to distribute anti-North Korean leaflets over North Korean territory, in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

11 Juni 2024 00:00 WIB

11 Juni 2024 00:00 WIB

Anti-North Korean leaflets designed by a Seoul-based activist group to be carried by balloons over North Korean territory, are pictured in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

11 Juni 2024 00:00 WIB