North Korea has sent rubbish-carrying balloons into the South again, the South Korean military said, a day after Seoul warned of countermeasures against such activity.
Earlier this week, North Korea sent around 260 balloons carrying bags of trash, including waste batteries, cigarette butts and what appeared to be manure, according to the South Korea n Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It advised the public to refrain from touching the balloons if spotted and to report them to authorities. Pyongyang defended its release of the balloons earlier this week, saying the"sincere gifts" were retaliation for the balloons sent into North Korea with propaganda against leader Kim Jong Un. The South Korean parliament passed a law in 2020 criminalising the act of sending leaflets to the North, but the activists did not stop.
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