Bottled Food From South Korea to North Korea

People of South Korea are taking advantage of ocean currents in order to send food and information into North Korea. Volunteers of humanitarian groups from Ganghwa Island ship aid packages which contains substances such as rice, medicine, currency, and other resourceful information. The idea is for these bottled packages to wash ashore in cities and towns along the west coast of North Korea.

Previously, informations with goods were sent through a balloon system. However they found the bottle system to be much more effective. This week, 500kg and 400 computer USBs (containing South Korean movies and other international news) were sent. This type of operation has been executed 53 times, and officials are forecasting another one to take place within 15 days. Around 40% of the North Korean population is under-nurtritioned, and humanitarian groups are trying to reduce this percentage through bottled food.

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