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Balloon campaigns in Korea include both North and South Korean propaganda leaflet campaigns through the use of balloons as a distribution method since the Korean War. There have also been a variety of other contents included with the balloons. These campaigns were originally organized by the governments and militaries of the Korean states. However, contemporarily it is mainly South Korean non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who regularly involve themselves in the balloon release events aiming at sending materials censored in North Korea, and various other goods, to the North Korean people.〔〔 The main motivation behind South Korea has been a desire to support democratization and incite a regime change in North Korea. However, the effectiveness of such leaflet campaigning has been debated. Furthermore, the balloon drops may have worsened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Such launches have also been met with increasing opposition within the South Korean society recently. In contrast, the North Korean state has been mostly targeting soldiers on the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and has merely retaliated to Southern propaganda campaigns. The official stance of both the South and North Korean governments has been against the continuing balloon drops. However, the South Korean government has been hesitant to intervene in the launches by activists due to concerns over freedom of expression. Some actions by officials, however, like banning the use of boats in balloon launches, have greatly reduced the amount of leaflets flying into North Korea. In the recent years, there have been a few cases of official leaflet droppings by both states. However, government organized psychological warfare between the Korean states largely disappeared in the aftermath of the Sunshine Policy, regardless of renewed tensions since. == History == Origins of propaganda campaign competitions on the Korean Peninsula can be traced back to the Korean War, when the United Nations forces sheltered Chinese and North Koreans with an estimated total of 2.5 billion leaflets. A historical study has estimated that the amount of leaflets was so great that it would have been enough to cover the whole peninsula under a 35 leaflets thick layer. In comparison, the North Koreans only spread 30 million leaflets during the war. The Korean balloons can also be compared with German situation during Cold War with ' (wall sailors) sending balloons with goods over the Berlin Wall. Originally, balloon drops were organized by the South Korean state until the beginning of the Sunshine Policy under the Kim Dae-jung administration. Both Koreas halted psychological warfare for years 2004–2010. In addition to balloons, this stopped radio broadcasts, billboards and loudspeakers on the DMZ.〔 The North Korean state had originally demanded that as a precondition for the first Inter-Korean Summit in 2000, and the request was later accepted by the Kim Dae-jung administration. After the Yeonpyeong incident in 2010, the defense ministry organized balloon drops were continued in late 2010 for a time, but they have since been suspended again after having lasted for a year. There has been a few instances of similar balloon propaganda campaigns launched by North Korea to South Korea. However, campaigns on the Korean Peninsula primarily target North Korea. The most recent known balloon release by North Korea happened in July 2012 as a response to an official South Korean military leaflet campaign in the aftermath of the Yeonpyeong incident.〔 In 2010, there was public support for a hard line against North Korea during increased tensions, but the support declined by 2011. A poll in late 2014 revealed that recent developments had turned many in South Korea against leaflet campaigns. 58 percent of respondents were against the balloon launches.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balloon campaigns in Korea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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