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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:03 PM Jun 2020

North Korea Vows to Dump Millions of Leaflets and Trash on the South

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s printing shops have been working overtime to revive a favorite weapon of Cold War-era psychological warfare: sending millions of propaganda leaflets across the world’s most heavily armed border and scattering them over South Korea.

The tit-for-tat move was announced on Monday by the North, which has become incensed by the leaflets ​that defectors from the North have sent from the South to their Communist home country in recent months, the North’s official news agency said.

The pledge by the North to retaliate presents another threat to the fragile détente on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea said it was preparing 3,000 balloons to carry the leaflets across the border, along with cigarette butts and other trash. The defectors have continued their propaganda efforts despite protests​ from Pyongyang​ and inter-Korean agreements to stop them.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-vows-to-dump-millions-of-leaflets-and-trash-on-the-south/ar-BB15OjBo?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=hplocalnews

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North Korea Vows to Dump Millions of Leaflets and Trash on the South (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
What could those leaflets say? Archae Jun 2020 #1
This battle could last a long time Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #2
Just watched MASH's "Army Navy Game" with my daughter last night underpants Jun 2020 #3

Archae

(46,327 posts)
1. What could those leaflets say?
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:11 PM
Jun 2020

"North Korea is a paradise!"

"Everyone is well-fed and happy here!"

"We are going to blow all of you up....oops, ignore this leaflet"

"The US is a bunch of Imperialists...oops, out-of-date material"

"You can be as rich as you want here!"

And so on...

Brother Buzz

(36,434 posts)
2. This battle could last a long time
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:11 PM
Jun 2020

Six months from now, when the wind shifts, the shit will go in the other direction.

It is what it is, and I understand this game has been played for over sixty years.

underpants

(182,803 posts)
3. Just watched MASH's "Army Navy Game" with my daughter last night
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 08:35 PM
Jun 2020

She’s never seen it. Thought it was hilarious.

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