North Korea says it will stop floating balloons of rubbish into South Korea
6 months, 3 weeks ago

North Korea says it will stop floating balloons of rubbish into South Korea

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North Korea called its campaign a ‘countermeasure’ against propaganda leaflets sent by South Korean activists. North Korea says it will stop sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border into South Korea, claiming its campaign has been an effective countermeasure against propaganda sent by anti-regime activists in the neighbouring country. However, he warned that if South Korean activists sent anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets via balloons again, North Korea would resume flying its own balloons to dump rubbish hundreds of times the amount of the South Korean leaflets found in the North. Balloon wars South Korea’s National Security Council met on Sunday and a presidential official said Seoul would not rule out responding to the balloons by resuming loudspeaker propaganda campaigns along the border with North Korea. Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong – one of Pyongyang’s key spokespeople – mocked South Korea for complaining about the balloons this week, saying North Koreans were simply exercising their freedom of expression.

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