Balloons launched by North Korea floats within the sky of central Seoul, Aug. 24. (Newsis)
North Korea has launched round 190 balloons stuffed with scrap paper and different waste towards the South in its resumed balloon marketing campaign, with many present in Seoul and surrounding areas, navy officers stated Saturday.
North Korea floated the balloons from Friday night time to early Saturday morning, and round 100 have landed within the capital and its surrounding Gyeonggi Province to this point, the Joint Chiefs of Employees stated.
No hazardous supplies have been discovered within the balloons, which contained solely scrap paper, plastic items and bottles.
North Korea resumed its newest balloon marketing campaign Wednesday, persevering with for the fourth consecutive day Saturday.
Since late Might, the North has launched 1000’s of balloons carrying trash in retaliation in opposition to anti-Pyongyang leaflets despatched throughout the border by North Korean defectors and activists in South Korea.
Initially, manure was despatched towards the South in these balloons, later changed by scrap paper and plastic, after which used plastic bottles.
Earlier than the newest marketing campaign, there was an almost one-month hiatus, starting Aug. 10.
North Korea seems to have resumed the marketing campaign as a consequence of a extra constant provide of supplies to fill the balloons.
In response to such campaigns, the South’s navy has been blasting every day anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts by loudspeakers on the border since July 21.
North Korea has bristled in opposition to the anti-Pyongyang leaflet and loudspeaker campaigns on fears that an inflow of out of doors data may pose a risk to the Kim Jong-un regime.
