Trash-carrying balloons despatched by North Korea are noticed in skies above Seoul on this file picture taken Oct. 8. Yonhap
North Korea floated balloons probably carrying trash towards South Korea, Saturday, the South’s navy mentioned, following the same launch final week.
The Joint Chiefs of Employees raised the potential for the balloons floating to Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, and the jap province of Gangwon.
Since late Could, the North has launched greater than 5,000 trash balloons to South Korea in retaliation in opposition to anti-Pyongyang leaflets launched by activists and North Korean defectors within the South.
On Friday, a spokesperson for the North’s Ministry of Public Safety mentioned that “garbage scattered by a big balloon despatched by the ROK scum was discovered once more,” referring to the South by its formal title, the Republic of Korea.
South Korea’s navy has vowed to take “stern” navy measures ought to North Korea “cross the road” with its ongoing trash balloon marketing campaign or inflict critical harm to the South Korean individuals.
In response to the balloon launches, the South’s navy has been blasting day by day anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts via loudspeakers alongside the border since July. It has shunned immediately capturing down the balloons, citing security considerations. (Yonhap)
