South Korea reports finding Hello Kitty items, worn clothing, and soil with parasites in trash balloons sent from North Korea
A balloon carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash, believed to have been sent by North Korea, is pictured at the sea off Incheon, South Korea - REUTERSpix: Among the trash that balloons carried over the border from North were articles printed with Hello Kitty characters, badly worn clothing, and soil containing traces of human faeces and parasites, South Korea said on Monday.
The items also included clothes that had been donated from the South that were slashed and cut up, and general trash that appeared to be hastily collected, the South’s Unification Ministry, which handles the North, said in a report. Parasites and human DNA were found in the dirt in some of the plastic bags, which shows it contained fertilizer that used human faeces, the ministry unification ministry said.
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