Americans tried to throw the items into the sea from the island of Ganghwado, which borders North Korea. The idea was that the items would float ashore in North Korea with the tide, according to a police source. The Americans are being investigated for violating the laws on handling security and disasters.
Activists who try to send bottles and balloons with propaganda to North Korea have long created tensions on the Korean peninsula. To express their anger, North Korea has responded by sending over balloons with trash.
In 2023, the South Korean Constitutional Court repealed a law from 2020 that prohibited people from sending objects to North Korea, as it was considered to imply an excessive restriction of freedom of speech.
