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 […]
South Korea has said it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing campaigns to drop trash on the South with balloons. Following a national security meeting, the South Korean presidential office said the loudspeakers will be installed and begin broadcasts in border areas on Sunday. The move is […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government approved the suspension of a contentious military agreement with North Korea on Tuesday, a step that would allow it to take tougher responses to North Korean provocations. The development came as animosities between the rival Koreas rose sharply recently after North Korea launched trash-carrying balloons across the […]
South Korea has announced it will suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over launches of refuse-carrying balloons – even after the North said it would halt its campaign. Over several days, North Korea flew hundreds of balloons to drop rubbish and manure on South Korea in an angry reaction against previous […]
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to balloons launched by Pyongyang carrying trash to the South. North Korea has launched hundreds balloons carried by wind across the border […]
North Korea said on Sunday it will stop sending trash-filled balloons into South Korea, after the democratic nation pledged to take “unbearable” steps in retaliation. A North Korean vice defense minister, Kim Kang II, said on Sunday that his country sent the balloons in response to South Korea’s previous leaflet campaigns, which often spread critical […]
South Korea on Sunday pledged it would take “unbearable” steps against North Korea after the country sent more balloons filled with trash across the border over the weekend. North Korea on Saturday launched hundreds more ballon carrying “filth” into multiple provinces of South Korea, including areas of Seoul. An estimated 700 balloons were believed to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Sunday it’ll soon take “unbearable” retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In the past week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump rubbish on South Korea, simulated nuclear strikes against its neighbor and allegedly […]
North Korea floated another 720 trash-filled balloons into South Korea, local reports said. Pyongyang says it is retaliation for activists sending anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, called the balloons “sincere presents.” North Korea launched another 720 balloons across its border with South Korea […]
South Korea said on Sunday that it will soon take “unbearable” retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of rubbish-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In the past week, North Korea has floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump rubbish on South Korea, simulated nuclear strikes against its neighbour and allegedly jammed […]
North Korea has launched hundreds more rubbish-filled balloons towards the South after a similar campaign a few days earlier, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang called retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, about 600 balloons flown from North Korea have been found in […]
North Korea sent more balloons filled with trash to South Korea, continuing its campaign from earlier this week, according to South Korea’s military, the Associated Press (AP) reported. The balloons, which are carrying “filth,” flew across the border on Saturday, again, and into multiple provinces, including areas of Seoul, South Korea’s capital. Around 90 balloons, […]