This file photograph, offered by the fireplace providers of Gangwon Province, reveals a bundle of trash presumed to be despatched by North Korea in Chuncheon, 75 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Sept. 7. (Yonhap)
North Korea on Sunday launched balloons possible carrying trash towards South Korea for the second straight day, the South’s navy stated.
The Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) stated it detected the newest launches, noting the balloons may journey towards the northern a part of Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, and the broader capital space.
The launch got here after the North flew round 50 trash-carrying balloons towards the South from Saturday evening to early Sunday, with about 10 trash bundles touchdown in Gyeonggi Province and Seoul, in keeping with the JCS.
The JCS stated the trash largely consisted of paper, plastic bottles and different family rubbish, whereas no hazardous substances have been discovered.
Since late Could, the North has launched hundreds of trash-carrying balloons towards the South in retaliation towards anti-Pyongyang leaflets despatched throughout the border by North Korean defectors and activists in South Korea.
In response, South Korea’s navy has been blasting day by day anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by way of its loudspeakers on the border.
North Korea has bristled on the leaflet and loudspeaker campaigns on fears that an inflow of outdoor data may pose a menace to the Kim Jong-un regime.
