The 56-year-old has been sending balloons loaded with anti-regime propaganda leaflets, US dollar bills and USB drives of K-pop across the border for nearly 20 years.
North Korea n defector Park Sang-hak, with a poster that reads "Republic of Korea loves the North Korea n people", in Seoul on Jun 25, 2024. SEOUL: North Korea n defector Park Sang-hak considers the propaganda balloons he floats into his homeland to be part of a tradition of psychological warfare, and vows to keep going until Kim Jong Un's regime falls.
This is an"unacceptable" subversion of the rules of the game, Park told AFP, adding that never in the decades of leaflet warfare between the two Koreas has either side sent garbage across the border.Park sent his first balloon northwards in 2006. The balloons hold special waterproof leaflets which are designed to safely carry a single dollar bill, a key part of his campaign's success, Park says.
He vividly remembers a leaflet he found decades ago in the North, which purported to show two successful defectors in the South. Both Seoul and Pyongyang used to produce their own propaganda leaflets and run loudspeaker broadcasts near the border Pyongyang's reaction to his balloons proves they have an impact on the North Korean public, Park said.
"These leaflets will deliver truth to the North Korean people, who will then use them to rise up against the Kim regime and topple it," he said.A few years later, he, his mother and two siblings crossed the river themselves.
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