The Adventures of Balloon Man

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Authorities and “activists” be damned, there is no stopping balloon man

Some 20 activists gathered in the Imjingak pavilion just south of the inter-Korean border at noon on Tuesday and sent some 100,000 propaganda leaflets and 432 North Korean W5,000 bills attached to a helium balloon across the border to North Korea. They were member of two groups called Family Assembly Abducted to North Korea and Fighters for Free North Korea.

“The reason we are sending North Korean won instead of U.S. dollar is because we want North Korean citizens to use the money comfortably and freely without having to draw suspicion from the authorities,” said Choi Sung-yong, president of FAANK.

On Feb. 16, the activists sent 20,000 propaganda leaflets and some 30 North Korean W5,000 notes. Park Sang-hak, head of the FFNK, said, “The leaflets are sent for humanitarian reasons, not for political purposes. They aim to help North Koreans find out the truth. We will continue to send leaflets until the human rights situation in North Korea improves.”