On the one hand, there was the North Korean defector-turned-anti-North Korea-activist, trying to send balloons with anti-Kim Jong-Il messages. On the other side were pro-North demonstrators (from the labor unions) trying to stop him. The result was, at least according to the WaPo, a brawl (make sure to watch the video attached to the article):

“You are the running dogs of Kim Jong Il!” he shouted. “You are trash!”

“You are afraid of unification!” they shouted back.

More on the balloons:

Balloons became part of Park’s life when he learned that the South Korean Defense Ministry had used them to deliver propaganda to the North, a practice that ended after a conciliatory North-South summit in 2000.

The long, tube-shaped balloons that Park launches are made by hand from sheets of vinyl and filled with hydrogen at the border. Helium is too expensive, Park said.

He said he has sent nearly 2 million anti-Kim leaflets north by balloon. Since April, he added, each of the waterproof leaflets has been attached to a U.S. dollar bill. Funding comes from individuals in South Korea and the United States, he said.

Running dogs, gas pistol, soccer-kick to the head of a commie-sympathizing labor union activist, it was all just another day at the DMZ (although, to quibble, I believe Park yelled “Mi-Chin-Nom-Ah,” which is more “you crazy bastards” rather than “running dogs”).

I miss the good old days when the access to the DMZ was more tightly controlled and there were occasional exchanges of gunfire with North Korean forces, especially if the odd Russian or two visiting the other side of the DMZ tried to defect.

Anti-Kim messages are great, but maybe sending these would be more useful to Kim-hating North Koreans.