The mysterious bottles of rice, US dollars, and memory sticks containing anti-North Korean content that showed up in the Han River around the South Korean capital of Seoul are the work of local North Korean escapee organizations, according to South Korea's Yonhap News. The bottles are intended to follow the flow of the river into the sea current, which could potentially deposit them on North Korean west coast beaches. The anti-leaflet law, which was passed in Dec. 2020 during the Moon Jae-in administration, is in violation of freedom of speech rights enshrined in the South Korean constitution, and allows Pyongyang to veto what people in the South are allowed to say. However, the current South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has said that the law was a mistake and written opinions drawing its constitutionality into question have been submitted to the country's constitutional court. The Ministry of Unification, meanwhile, maintains a cautious stance that residents should refrain from sending leaflets and balloons to North Korea

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