Cold War "Paper Bombs"
Thursday May 15, 2008
Beginning during the Korean War (1950-1953) and continuing until 2000 when a cease-fire was reached, both North and South Korea launched propaganda campaigns. These campaigns included dropping millions of leaflets on towns and villages in an attempt to demoralize the other side. One South Korean man remembers picking up the leaflets and turning them into the local police in exchange for comic books or treats. The International Herald Tribune tells the story of how this same man, Jin Yong Seon, established a Remembrance Museum that hosts a collection of these "paper bombs" about 90 miles outside of Seoul.


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