North Korea will stop sending balloons filled with trash to South Korea – EASY

North Korea will stop sending balloons with trash in them to South Korea.

North Korea sent 15 tons of trash to South Korea in balloons. They sent the balloons because South Korea sent many balloons with messages that North Korea did not like.

North Korea says it will stop sending balloons because South Korea now understands that the balloons are not nice. It’s a lot of work to clean up the trash from the balloons.

The first balloons from North Korea had used toilet paper in them.

South Korea is not happy. They might start to use loudspeakers again to send messages into North Korea.

The last time South Korea used the loudspeakers was in 2018. North Korea and South Korea were more friendly then.

North Korea and South Korea separated in 1953.

Vocabulary

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Discussion Questions

• How do you feel about North Korea’s action of sending trash in balloons to South Korea?
• What is the best way for South Korea to respond to North Korea’s balloons?
• Do you think using loudspeakers to send messages into North Korea is a good idea? Why or why not?
• Do you think the balloons are scary or dangerous? Why or why not?

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Original Story

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North Korea says it is halting sending trash balloons to South Korea after hundreds more float over border | CNN

North Korea has ramped up its trash-balloon operations, with Seoul officials reporting about 600 of the airborne waste deliveries floating into South Korea, littering parts of the country with cigarette butts, paper and scraps of cloth.

Fill-in-the-Blank Listening Practice

North Korea will _____ sending balloons with trash in them to South Korea.

North Korea _____ 15 tons of trash to South Korea in balloons. They sent the balloons _____ South Korea sent many balloons with messages that North Korea _____ not like.

North Korea says it will stop sending _____ because South Korea now understands that the balloons are not nice. It’s a _____ of work to clean up the trash from the balloons.

The _____ balloons from North Korea had used toilet paper in _____.

South Korea is not happy. They _____ start to use loudspeakers again to send messages into North Korea.

The _____ time South Korea used the loudspeakers was in 2018. North Korea and South Korea were _____friendly then.

North Korea and South Korea separated in _____.