North Korea flies rubbish-filled balloons to South in ‘tit-for-tat’ attack
7 months, 1 week ago

North Korea flies rubbish-filled balloons to South in ‘tit-for-tat’ attack

Al Jazeera  

North Korea has sent hundreds of balloons loaded with rubbish and faeces across the heavily fortified border to the South. The South Korean military released photos on Wednesday, some showing rubbish strewn around collapsed balloons, with the word “excrement” written on a bag in one photograph. The North said that the swarm, containing toilet paper and suspected animal faeces, was a response to South Korean propaganda campaigns using balloons. South Korean activists, often led by North Korean defectors, have regularly sent balloons carrying leaflets with messages critical of Pyongyang and even USB memory sticks with K-pop music videos the other way. That saw North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticise the South’s “recklessness,” according to a Korean Central News Agency report on Wednesday.

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