South Korean police arrested six Americans on Friday who tried to be across the sea by the island of Kanghwa Send thousands of plastic bottles filled with rice, dollar banknotes and bible prints to North Korea. This is reported to TASR, according to the AFP report.
“We have arrested and listened to six US citizens after the age of twenty and fifty on the basis of suspicion of violations of the Framework Act on Disaster Management and Security Management,” He said the head of the investigation team of the local police force.
The island of Kanghwa in the north of South Korea is one of the closest areas at the border with the Korean People’s Democratic Republic (DPRK). Some parts are only about ten kilometers away from the naval border with North Korea.
Kanghwa has long been a popular place for non -profit organizations that send plastic bottles filled with rice and various objects to the DPRK. Often these are USB keys with K-pop or South Korean TV drama.
The area together with other border places in November 2024 declared a dangerous zone, Where activists are released towards North Korea balloons carrying leaflets encouraging to resist the system. According to the South Korean government, Pyongyang may perceive such action as provocative.
Both Korea, according to AFP, joined the so -called propaganda war last year. The DPRK sent thousands of garbage balloons to the south and claimed that it was a retaliation for propaganda balloons released by South Korean activists. In response, South Korea began to release from the speakers on the common border of K-pop compositions and international news. Shortly after the new President and Če-Mjong, the broadcasting ended.
