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Holey alliance: NATO’s worries at 75

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Empowerment through Balloons

The government of South Korea no longer launched balloons to North Korea, but activists continued this practice independently. They loaded balloons with anti-regime propaganda, Bibles, medicines, and USBs containing K-pop, South Korean dramas, and information about the outside world. The act symbolizes a debate between sending positive cultural influences versus provocative items to North Korea.

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