North Korea resumed flying balloons on Saturday in a likely attempt to drop trash on South Korea again, South Korea's military said, two days after Seoul activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North. In response, South Korea suspended a tension-easing agreement with North Korea to restore front-line military activities. It wasn't immediately known if any of the North Korean balloons had landed on South Korean territory across the rivals' tense border. South Korean officials called the North Korean trash balloon launches and other recent provocations "absurd, irrational" and vowed strong retaliation. Experts say North Korea's balloon campaign is also meant to cause a divide in South Korea over its conservative government's tough approach on North Korea.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 09, 2024 12:11 UTC