SEOUL, June 2 — North Korea said today it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practice if anti-North Korean leaflets...
A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash, is pictured in Incheon, South Korea, June 2, 2024. — Yonhap pic via ReutersSEOUL, June 2 — North Korea said today it would stop sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea but vowed to resume the practice if anti-North Korean leaflets are flown over again from the South.
The announcement from President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office followed a meeting of his National Security Council on a response to what Seoul said were more than 700 balloons carrying trash that Pyongyang sent over the heavily fortified border to annoy its neighbour.The council condemned the balloons, and simultaneous GPS jamming, as an “irrational act of provocation”.
The North Korean balloons carrying garbage such as cigarette butts, cloth, paper waste and plastic were found across the capital Seoul from 8pm yesterday to 1pm today , South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
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