From S. Korea with love: Warm socks sent to North by balloon Each pair could be traded for a month's supply of food, activists say

It's 2012 and South Koreans are sending warm socks inside balloons to North Korea? Is this a joke?

During the Cold War, there was Radio Free Europe to spread the word about the evils of totalitarian dictatorship of communist regimes, maximizing technology to the fullest with radio signals. Now, South Korea is not a country of neophytes. Those precious high def Samsung or LG TVs you stare at when walking through BestBuy are made by South Korean companies. Your friend swears the new Hyundai car he recently bought is just as good as a Honda is made in Korea. Apparently South Korean aerospace research is pretty up to par as well.

So why Balloons? It must be a symbolic gesture and sometimes symbolism is what springs humanitarian deeds.

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