Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesA policeman waits for a group of North Korean defectors prior to the launch of bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesBottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, are piled prior to being thrown into the sea by North Korean defector activists on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesA North Korean defector activist sits with bags of bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesBottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, are prepared prior to being thrown into the sea by North Korean defector activists on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesPlastic bags containing Bible passages are prepared prior to being thrown into the sea by North Korean defector activists on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korean defector activists empty bags of bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesBottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, are thrown into the sea by North Korean defector activists on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesBottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, are thrown into the sea by North Korean defector activists on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korean defector Lee Sun-sil (R) waits with others prior to the launch of bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
Ed Jones, AFP/Getty ImagesNorth Korean defector activists gather prior to the launch of bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018. North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
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A policeman waits for a group of North Korean defectors prior to the launch of bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul on May 1, 2018.
North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South's coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.
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North Korean defectors sent water bottles filled with rice and K-pop-loaded USB sticks floating towards their homeland on May 1, 2018, even as the Seoul government removed border loudspeakers following a rare summit with Pyongyang. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years. There is no definitive way of verifying whether the items have been received, participants have said the South’s coastguards have told them the bottles are often retrieved by North Korean fishing boats.








