Nov. 26, 2011 / 1:21 PM

Activists send leaflets, socks to N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A group of South Korean activists sent balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to North Korea Saturday.

The North called the activity an attempt to topple its communist regime, Yonhap News Agency reported.

The balloons, which were launched from the border city of Paju, also carried 1,500 pairs of winter socks, which the group said could be traded for food.

"Aid from international organizations rarely reaches the people in North Korea," said Lee Joo-seong, an official from the International Coalition for Peace on the Korean Peninsula. "Socks are very useful in helping North Koreans obtain food."

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