Unconventional campaigns continue at the border between North and South Korea

Mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music. Large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and waste batteries. Small South Korean civilian leaflets slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Day after day, the Cold War-style yet bizarre campaigns continue at the heavily fortified border. Aidan Foster-Carter, an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University speaks to FRANCE24's Monte Francis about the potential risks of escalation

Jun 12, 2024 - 03:00
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Unconventional campaigns continue at the border between North and South Korea
Mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music. Large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and waste batteries. Small South Korean civilian leaflets slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Day after day, the Cold War-style yet bizarre campaigns continue at the heavily fortified border. Aidan Foster-Carter, an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University speaks to FRANCE24's Monte Francis about the potential risks of escalation