Balloons Containing “The Interview” Floated Over To North Korea

You might recall that last year we reported on how South Koreans were sending items over to North Korea via balloons. These balloons were filled with USB sticks, anti-government leaflets, TV shows, and even money meant to help educate and help out their fellow countrymen. Now in what seems like an act of irony, a North Korean defector by the name of Lee Min-bok has begun sending copies of The Interview movie over the border using the same balloons.

Of course there is no guarantee that the movies will make it into the hands of North Koreans or if it might be intercepted by the North Korean government, but according to Lee, “If you tell the truth in North Korea, you die. But by using these balloons from here, I can tell the truth in safety.” So far Lee has sent more than 80,000 copies of the movie, although admittedly this is rather dangerous as last year, Pyongyang had fired upon balloons that were being floated into the country.

South Korea naturally returned fire and it seems that there are some residents who aren’t too pleased by this exchange, claiming that they are in the line of fire. Some of you guys might remember the fuss over the release of The Interview movie last year where hackers hacked Sony Pictures and threatened the employees if Sony did not cancel their plans to screen the movie.

Ultimately the fuss did die down with video streaming platforms such as Netflix offering to show the movie for a price.

Tyler Lee
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