2024-07-25 01:26:33
North Korea released garbage balloons near South Korea’s presidential complex, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the South Korean presidential security service today.
North Korea ups the ante, trash-carrying balloons hit South Korean presidential compound
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The security service clarified that the balloons do not contain pollutants and do not pose any other risks.
Since May, North Korea has periodically released hundreds of garbage balloons over the border with South Korea, prompting the South Korean armed forces to resume broadcasting propaganda over loudspeakers to be heard by North Korean residents.
North Korea says it is releasing the balloons in response to an ongoing campaign by North Koreans who have defected to South Korea and other activists to send propaganda materials, food, medicine, money and flash drives into the DPRK using balloons. which has recorded K-pop songs and South Korean TV series, writes BTA.