A trash-carrying balloon despatched by North Korea is present in Changchon-ri, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon Metropolis on Sunday.
North Korea despatched extra trash balloons towards South Korea on Sunday, the South’s navy mentioned, in what marked the fifth straight day of such launches.
The Joint Chiefs of Employees mentioned the North resumed its balloon marketing campaign at round 9 a.m., simply hours after it floated some 200 balloons late Saturday.
“Contemplating the protection of our individuals as the highest precedence, the navy will resolutely and calmly reply in accordance with the handbook,” the JCS mentioned.
In response to the balloon launches, the South’s navy has been blasting day by day anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts via loudspeakers on the border since July 21. It has shunned immediately taking pictures down the balloons, citing security issues.
Round 50 trash bundles landed within the capital and Gyeonggi Province from Saturday’s launch, however no hazardous supplies have been discovered, the JCS mentioned. They largely contained scrap paper, items of plastic and plastic bottles.
Since late Might, the North has launched hundreds 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.
Sunday’s launch marked the seventeenth spherical of balloon launches since late Might. (Yonhap)
