A balloon offensive, in graphics

Activists develop tech to send messages deep into North Korea.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Edson Caldas, Newsletter Editor How South Korean activists are sending balloons deep into the North   In this visual piece, our graphics team details the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists. One Seoul-based group has designed balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometers across the border. When favorable winds blow north, the secretive group tries to drop cargoes deeper into North Korea, including over the capital Pyongyang, with the longer ranges now possible. One balloon has flown as far as China, my colleagues report. Read the full article Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters One Essential Read is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036