Rubbish-Crammed Balloons from North Korea Detected Containing Parasites – 2024-06-27 01:47:07

Seoul’s Unification Ministry revealed parasites had been present in trash-filled balloons despatched by North Korea to South Korea. (Yonhap)

PARASITES have been detected in some rubbish-filled balloons that North Korea despatched to South Korea, however no dangerous substances have been discovered, Seoul’s unification ministry mentioned Monday.

In latest weeks, North Korea has despatched greater than 1,000 balloons stuffed with trash towards the South on a number of events in retaliation for South Korean activists’ leaflet campaigns condemning the North Korean regime.

“Numerous parasites, resembling roundworms, whipworms and threadworms, have been present in soil contained in waste,” the ministry mentioned in a press launch, including the parasites are believed to originate from human waste.

These findings are based mostly on an examination of 70 balloons.

Among the many trash-filled balloons, items of clothes, resembling a tie and a blue jacket, appeared to have been reduce with scissors or a knife. These garments have been recognized as objects beforehand supplied to North Korea by a South Korean firm.

“It seems that North Korea broken and despatched beforehand provided objects to specific excessive hostility in direction of the leaflet marketing campaign and spotlight its hostile perspective in direction of South Korea,” mentioned a ministry official who requested anonymity.

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The official famous a lot of the trash consisted of waste paper and vinyl somewhat than common family trash, suggesting North Korean authorities could also be attempting to forestall publicity of North Koreans’ every day lives to the surface world.

For years, North Korean defectors in South Korea and conservative activists have despatched anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the North utilizing balloons, with the purpose of encouraging North Koreans to stand up towards the Kim household regime.

North Korea strongly opposed this propaganda marketing campaign, fearing that the inflow of outdoor info may threaten its regime’s management. (Yonhap/Z-3)