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Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin, and j-hope from left to right, pose for photographers ahead of a press conference to introduce their new single "Butter" in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2021. South Korea has recently retaliated for North Korea's trash-carrying balloon launches with propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border areas. The South Korean broadcasts reportedly included K-pop sensation BTS’s mega hits like “Butter” and “Dynamite,” weather forecasts and news on Samsung as well as outside criticism on the North’s missile program. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, V, SUGA, JIN, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin, and j-hope from left to right, pose for photographers ahead of a press conference to introduce their new single "Butter" in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2021. South Korea has recently retaliated for North Korea's trash-carrying balloon launches with propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border areas. The South Korean broadcasts reportedly included K-pop sensation BTS’s mega hits like “Butter” a…

June 11, 2024

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Bizarre psychological warfare using K-pop and trash balloons raises tensions between the 2 Koreas
June 11, 2024 10:10 a.m.

Bizarre psychological warfare using K-pop and trash balloons raises tensions between the 2 Koreas

North Korea views frontline South Korean broadcasts and civilian leafleting campaigns as a grave provocation as it bans access to foreign news for most of its 26 million people.