North Korea resumes trash-laden balloon campaign after 10-day hiatus

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North Korea resumes trash-laden balloon campaign after 10-day hiatus

Published: 29 Nov. 2024, 09:52

Balloons carrying trash float above the Jonno District of Seoul after being launched by North Korea. [NEWS1]

North Korea sent what appear to be balloons carrying trash toward South Korea on Thursday, military authorities said, resuming its balloon campaign after a 10-day hiatus.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said these trash bundles are expected to move toward the Seoul metropolitan area and surrounding Gyeonggi, considering the direction of the wind.

North Korea had last floated balloons on Nov. 18. It has done so on over 30 occasions since late May in retaliation against anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets sent across the border by activists in the South.

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