Breaking news: Acts of kindness still exist. They may be achieved in the most inefficient, Up-inspired way possible, but they exist. And they involve giant test tubes where we will now grow giant test-tube babies.
Just kidding! Those are balloons. And South Koreans are using them to mail things to their neighbors to the north. Or at least try to. Wind sometimes can be an issue.
Today, South Koreans launched 5 balloons “towards” North Korea, carrying 1000 pairs of socks and “politically innocuous” notes for the people of the DPRK. “All we want is that people in the North wear warm socks over their frozen feet,” says activist Sunny Kim. Such kind-hearted souls. I would maybe try to send them puppies to warm their hearts. Although puppies may not do well with air travel, and there’s always this problem.
The activists have also sent food in the past, which seems like something the North Koreans might prefer over footwear. But according to Sunny Kim, “Warm socks are so rare they can be easily traded for cash in the North. One pair of socks fetches about 22 pounds of corn, which is enough to sustain a person for a month.”
So why aren’t you just sending them corn?
