The balloons sent by North Korea carried bags of garbage and manure and landed across the border in South Korea.

But fights aren't the only public health hazard caused by the push for poop ... Fertilizer was one of the first victims of this development, with devastating effects for agriculture in North Korea. ' ...

China has come to North Korea's aid yet again by providing vast amounts of food assistance and also 550,000 tons of fertilizer to help the reclusive and impoverished country recover from summer ...