Tag: Balloons

North Korean trash balloons briefly close Seoul airport runways

Takeoffs and landings at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said. One balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger Terminal 2 and the three runways at Incheon were temporarily shut down, the spokesperson […]

South Korea threatens new broadcasts as North launches more rubbish balloons

South Korea has threatened to restart anti-Pyongyang frontline propaganda broadcasts in the latest bout of Cold War-style campaigns between the rivals after North Korea resumed its rubbish-carrying balloon launches. On Monday night, North Korea floated huge balloons carrying plastic bags of rubbish across the border in its fifth such campaign since late May – an […]

Human waste and old clothes in North Korea trash balloons

Parasites from human waste and defaced Hello Kitty clothing were found in bags of rubbish carried by North Korean balloons into South Korea, officials say. Hundreds of waste-carrying balloons have been released by Pyongyang across the border in the last few weeks, in retaliation for a leaflet campaign sent northwards by opponents of North Korean […]

inside North Korea trash balloons according to South

SEOUL (Reuters) – Among the trash that balloons carried over the border from North were articles printed with Hello Kitty characters, badly worn clothing, and soil containing traces of human faeces and parasites, South Korea said on Monday. North Korea has flown balloons carrying trash since late May, with hundreds landing in South Korea. South […]

Seoul activists develop ‘smart balloons’ to send messages deep into North Korea

By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometres across the border. Built using 3D printers and components sourced online and sometimes equipped with GPS-tracking, these […]

N. Korea sends more balloons as Kim’s sister warns of ‘new counteraction’

North Korea sent hundreds more trash-carrying balloons over the border, Seoul’s military said Monday, after Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned of further responses if the South keeps up its “psychological warfare”. In recent weeks, North Korea has sent hundreds of balloons into the South, carrying trash like cigarette butts and toilet paper, in what […]

South Korea restarts loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation for balloons

South Korea has resumed anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in retaliation for the North sending more than 1,000 balloons filled with rubbish and manure over the last couple of weeks. The move is certain to anger Pyongyang and could trigger retaliatory military steps as tensions between the war-divided rivals rise while negotiations […]

Seoul says Pyongyang sending rubbish-filled balloons south again

North Korea has once again sent numerous balloons with plastic bags full of rubbish across the heavily militarized border between the two countries, South Korea said. Between Saturday and Sunday morning, around 330 “rubbish balloons” were released from North Korea, according to the General Staff in the capital Seoul. More than 80 of them had […]