THE FOUL OF WAR

What’s Up With North Korea’s Stinky Balloon Attack on South Korea?

My take on Pyongyang’s latest stunt in the high-stakes race to see who has the biggest warhead

Rui Alves
Published in
4 min readJun 4, 2024

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A technician using a protective suit prepares to launch a weather balloon.
Public domain image found on Pycril

Kim, you’ve really done it this time! I’m just crossing my fingers and hoping no poop balloon hits the fan or, God forbid, we’ll have a…

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