South Korea has warned it will take 'decisive military action' if anyone is killed by the wave of trash-carrying balloons being launched across the border from North Korea. Pyongyang says the tactic is a response to South Korean activists sending propaganda balloons north.
A plastic bag carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash that crossed the inter-Korean border with a balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea , is pictured in Seoul, in this picture provided and released by the Defence Ministry, Jun 2, 2024. SEOUL: South Korea said on Monday it would take"decisive military action " if anyone is killed by the wave of trash-carrying balloons being launched across the border by North Korea .
The line would be crossed if anyone died as a result of the balloons he said, without giving details on exactly what the"decisive" measures would entail. "Our military is closely monitoring North Korean military and tracking the launch point of the balloons in real time," the JCS's Lee said.Shortly after the North's launch of trash-filled balloons in May, Seoul suspended a military deal with Pyongyang and restarted propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers along the border.
The country, which conducted its first nuclear test in 2006 and is under rafts of UN sanctions for its banned weapons programmes, had never publicly disclosed details of its uranium enrichment facility before.
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