#trash balloons

[gwydionmisha]

South Korea threatens military response to North Korean 'trash balloons'

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Seoul may respond militarily to any casualties caused by North Korea's launching of so-called "tras

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[neoseotipsblogs]

With trash balloons, North Korea escalates tensions while Kim Yo-jong warns of a "new counteraction."

[youthchronical]

'New counteraction': North Korea sends 300 more trash balloons south - Times of India

NEW DELHI: North Korea sent over 310 more balloons filled with trash including scrap paper and plastic to south across the border overnight on Sunday following Kim Jong’s sister warned of “new counteraction“, news agency Yonhap reported quoting Seoul’s military. “The latest batch of waste-loaded balloons sent late Sunday contained scrap paper and plastic, with no toxic material detected so far,”…

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[youthchronical]

South Korea on alert for more trash balloons from the North - Times of India

SEOUL: South Korea‘s military said it was on alert for more trash-carrying balloons possibly arriving from North Korea on Sunday.In two waves last week, North Korea sent hundreds of balloons with bags of trash into the South, describing them as a response to anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons sent the other way by South Korean activists.Pyongyang announced a halt to the balloons on Sunday but…

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[youthchronical]

Why did North Korea bombard the South with trash balloons? - Times of India

SEOUL: North Korea launched 720 balloons across the world’s most heavily armed border overnight Saturday, hitting South Korea with their payloads: plastic bags full of cigarette butts and other trash. Since last Tuesday, North Korea has sent roughly 1,000 of these trash balloons across the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. Once the balloons reached South Korean airspace, their timers…

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[parttimereporter]

North Korea said it was stopping sending trash-filled balloons to South Korea after Seoul reported hundreds more airborne waste deliveries floating across the border.

North Korea’s vice-defense minister Kim Kang Il said that the country will “temporarily halt dropping trash over the border,” after claiming to have sent a total of 15 tonnes of trash to its neighbor, according to his statement released by state media KCNA on Sunday.

Kim said the balloon were “strictly a responsive act” to South Korea’s years-long practice of sending balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets the other way.