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Podcast: Fault Lines
Episode: Episode 343: 999 Trash Balloons
Description: Today, Jamil, Les, and Morgan discuss the recent developments on the Korean Peninsula including North Korea sending over hundreds of trash-filled balloons containing roughly 15 tonnes of waste to its southern neighbor. This was in response to South Korean activist groups sending balloons to the north containing propaganda pamphlets. The South Korean government is considering its response including resuming playing K-pop on loudspeakers across the DMZ toward the north. How does this tit-for-tat impact North-South relations? Does this impact the U.S. strategy for the peninsula? Should China be held accountable for the actions of North Korea?<...