North Korea has signaled an escalation in its “balloon war” with South Korea over the past month, sending hundreds of inflatables southwardwith payloads of trash and manure. A worthy South Korean response could involve using balloons to deliverupbeat news and K-pop musicdeep into the North —...
Activist group Free North Korea Movement said Thursday it had sent 10 giant balloons carrying 5,000 USB sticks containing K-pop videos and dramas, 200,000 leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and 2,000 $1 bills, into North Korea. Just last week,North Korea sent balloons fi...
North Korea n (Placename) a republic in NE Asia, on the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and the Yellow Sea: established in 1948 as a people's republic; mostly rugged and mountainous, with fertile lowlands in the west Language: Korean. Currency: won. Capital: Pyongyang. Pop: 24 720 407 (201...
The balloons carry anti-North Korean government propaganda, food, medicine, money, USB sticks with K-pop videos and music, news of the outside world, and religious materials. Related Story North Korea's Satellite Is "Tumbling" in Orbit
South Korean K-pop - like most foreign influences - is usually supressed by the North, but makes its way in on smuggled USB sticks from China. Kim Jong Un North Korea A joint taekwondo demonstration, also featuring athletes from the North, will be held on Monday and there will be more ...
Pyongyang - capital of North Korea and an industrial center; "Pyongyang is Korea's oldest city but little of its history has been preserved" capital of North Korea D.P.R.K., Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, North Korea - a communist country in the northern half of the Kore...
Legendary K-pop singer Lee Seung Chul will join With-U, a 55-member choir of young North Korean defectors, at Harvard University.
As world leaders debated how to punish North Korea's claim of a fourth nuclear test, South Korea retaliated by broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda, along with K-pop music, across the rivals' tense border Friday.
Seoul Blasts K-Pop Across Border to North Korea.LeeYoukyungTime.com
Since May, North Korea has sent thousands of balloons carrying paper waste, plastic and other trash to drop on the South. The South's military has responded by using loudspeakers at the border to broadcast propaganda and K-pop to North Korea. ...