See North Korean defector’s unique way of getting information into hermit kingdom
In a small Seoul apartment. Spitting out of what looks like a pint sized printer or an unstoppable ATM, this is the payload of a New South Korean smart balloon Flyers filling the floor but soon scattering across the skies of North Korea. I believe North Korea can change when the deification of Kim Jong Un is cracked and sending these smart balloons is the way to achieve that. CNN is identifying this man simply as Mr. Che. He's a North Korean defector and the Co founder of the group called the Committee for Reforming and Opening North Korea. Che asked for his identity to be concealed because of the ever elevating drama surrounding balloons crossing between North and South Korea. Free North Korea. For years, activists in the South have sent balloons N filled with K pop music, money and leaflets describing life outside North Korea. North Korea calls those deliveries trash and for about a month now it sent more than 1000 trash balloons South. This is Chase, compact command center wind direction and GPS routes of his balloons all at his fingertips. Our smart balloons are preset to start distributing the leaflets at a specific point after calculating wind speed and direction. This way, the leaflets will be distributed within the planned area. We can cover 300 to 400 kilometres this way. He works his day job, comes here, 3D, prints parts and assembles them for five to six hours a day. With our system, we can control the leaflets to fall every 300 meters or every kilometre, making sure more people can see them. As for his motivation, Che is a North Korean defector with family still trapped there. He majored in engineering at a North Korean university and watched YouTube videos to get a better idea of how to build next generation balloons. As for his critics calling for the balloon tit for tat to stop, Chase says these are striking a nerve. To those who criticize our activities, it's like saying let's help maintain a dictatorship in South Korea.