SEOUL: North Korea again sent trash-carrying balloons into the South on Saturday, the South Korean military said, a day after Seoul warned of countermeasures against such activity. Earlier this week, North Korea sent around 260 balloons carrying bags of trash, including waste batteries, cigarette butts and what appeared to be manure, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea is “once again floating balloons carrying waste toward the South”, the JCS said in a text message to reporters. North Korea has long been infuriated by the balloons sent by South Korean activists, which carry anti-Pyongyang leaflets. South Korean defence minister Shin Won-sik on Saturday said North Korea sending balloons with waste was “unimaginably petty and low-grade behaviour”.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 02, 2024 01:57 UTC