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North Korean defectors recently sent rice, instant noodles and K-pop content across the Yellow Sea in plastic bags bound for the North.
Speaking to KBS on Friday, North Korean People’s Liberation Front chief Jang Se-yul said six defectors’ groups sent a total of 700 plastic bags Thursday evening from Incheon’s Ganghwa Island.
The bags contained about a ton of rice, 800 packages of instant noodles, 400 U.S. dollar bills, 200 Bibles, and 500 USBs loaded with K-pop and Korean drama content.
It was the first joint event of its kind since June.
The North has launched trash-laden balloons on 24 occasions this year to retaliate for anti-Pyongyang leaflets that defectors’ groups previously sent north of the inter-Korean border via balloon.
The latest trash balloon launch took place Friday in the early morning hours.