SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said North Korea was flying balloons likely carrying trash across the border Tuesday for a second straight day, despite South Korea’s threat to retaliate with anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts at border areas.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said North Korea was flying balloons likely carrying trash across the border Tuesday for a second straight day, despite South Korea’s threat to retaliate with anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts at border areas.
It’s North Korea’s sixth launch of balloons since late May. South Korea said North Korea floated rubbish-carrying balloons on Monday night, but no major damage was reported. South Korea’s military said North Korea floated about 350 balloons in its Monday night campaign, and about 100 of them eventually landed in South Korean soil, mostly in Seoul and nearby areas. Seoul is about 40-50 kilometers away from the border. The military said the trash carried by the North Korean balloons were mostly papers and that no hazardous items were found.
Balloon launches and loudspeaker broadcasts were among psychological campaigns that the two Koreas specialized in during the Cold War. The rivals agreed to halt such activities in recent years, but have occasionally resumed them when animosities rekindled. South Korean officials maintain they don’t restrict activists from flying leaflets to North Korea in line with a 2023 constitutional court ruling that struck down a law criminalizing such leafleting, calling it a violation of free speech.
The United States and its partners believe North Korea has been providing Russia with much-needed conventional arms for its war in Ukraine in return for military and economic assistance.
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