North Korea has resumed sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea, officials and news reports said, a week after it vowed to continue if anti-North Korea leaflets are flown from the South.
Dozens of balloons with trash attached have been found in Seoul, and in areas near the border overnight and early this morning, after the South Korean military said late last night the North was again launching them.
South Korea has warned it would take"unendurable" measures against the North for sending the trash balloons, which could include blaring propaganda broadcasts from huge loudspeakers setup at the border directed at the North. On 2 June, it said it would temporarily halt sending the balloons because 15 tonnes of trash it sent was probably enough to get the message across how"unpleasant" it was.
A group of South Korean activists defied the warning and have since flown more balloons to the North with leaflets criticising its leader Kim Jong Un together with USB sticks containing K-pop videos and dramas, and US dollar notes.
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