SEOUL: More trash-filled balloons from North Korea are expected to arrive in South Korea from Saturday (Jun 1), Seoul's military said, days after Pyongyang began its campaign to punish its neighbour. North Korea had
A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea , carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea on May 29, 2024. SEOUL: More trash-filled balloons from North Korea are expected to arrive in South Korea from Saturday , Seoul's military said, days after Pyongyang began its campaign to punish its neighbour.
"We are closely monitoring the movements of the North Korean military, and if such balloons are launched, an announcement will be made to the media," the official added, advising the public to refrain from touching the balloons if spotted and to report them to authorities. South Korean activists have long sent balloons filled with anti-Pyongyang propaganda, cash, rice and USBs containing K-dramas northwards, a move that has always infuriated North Korea.
But activists in the South did not stop, and that same year Pyongyang, blaming the anti-North leaflets, unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links and blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border.
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