Balloon Wars: How The Koreas Are Engaging In A Trash Balloon Exchange

To say there are tensions on the Korean Peninsula would be to sound like a stuck record. Over the years, the two rival Koreas have resorted to ways to express their mutual grievances without losing control and slipping into a shooting war. “Balloon wars” have long been one way the two Koreas have engaged in propaganda campaigns. Now, balloons are making a comeback with a twist. It comes after the South Koreans deployed F-35 fighters ahead of a North Korean spy satellite launch (the rocket carrying the satellite later exploded soon after launch).