Following a launch of balloons containing anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets launched by the defector group Fighters for Free North Korea (FFNK) on June 23, the Unification of Ministry (MOU) has announced that none of the balloons seems to have made it to North Korea. The MOU credited changing wind currents for the balloons’ failure to reach their intended destination. One of the balloons was discovered in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province. The MOU has announced that it will respond sternly to the balloon launches as threats to the safety of residents near the border.