Why did North Korea send trash filled balloons to South Korea?
WEBJun 4, 2024 · Since May 28, North Korea has sent about 1,000 balloons carrying all kinds of trash across the border. No hazardous materials were found, but South Korean social media was still abuzz with worries that North Korea might use balloons to drop chemical, biological and other weapons next time.
North Korean trash balloons are dumping ‘filth’ on South Korea
WEBMay 29, 2024 · North Korea has adopted a new strategy to contend with its southern neighbor: sending floating bags of trash containing “filth” across the border, carried by massive balloons.
North Korea’s trash balloons fall near South’s presidential office
WEBJul 24, 2024 · Trash-laden North Korean balloons were found on the grounds of South Korea’s presidential office compound, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of incidents that have raised...
North Korea sends another wave of trash balloons into South Korea
WEBJun 10, 2024 · About 330 balloons carrying bags of trash had been sent by North Korea since Saturday night, of which about 80 have landed in South Korea, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday.
A North Korean Trash Balloon Hits a Seoul Government …
WEB3 days ago · Sept. 20, 2024. Trash from a balloon sent by North Korea was found in a government complex in Seoul on Friday morning, more than a day after one of the North’s balloon launches was last detected ...
Trash balloons from North Korea hit South Korea ... - Associated Press News
WEBJul 24, 2024 · The more than 2,000 North Korean balloons discovered in South Korea in the past weeks carried wastepaper, scraps of cloth, cigarette butts and even manure. North Korea has said it was responding to South Korean activists who have scattered political leaflets across the border via their own balloons.
North Korean trash balloon lands on South Korea's ... - NBC News
WEBNorth Korea floated another round of balloons Sunday, which South Korea called vulgar and shameful. It responded by blaring K-pop through loudspeakers across the border.
Why Did North Korea Launch More Trash Balloons? - The New York Times
WEBJun 9, 2024 · In recent days, North Korea has sent roughly 1,300 balloon carrying plastic bags full of cigarette butts, scraps of used paper and cloth, and other trash toward the Demilitarized Zone that...
North Korea sends more trash-carrying balloons to South Korea | AP News
WEBJun 2, 2024 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched hundreds more trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign a few days earlier, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang calls retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border.
North Korea sends balloons filled with waste into the South - NBC News
WEBMay 29, 2024 · A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, carrying various objects, including what appeared to be trash and excrement, over a rice field in Cheorwon, South Korea, on Wednesday.
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