South Korea yesterday said it will soon take "unbearable" steps in response to North Korea sending more than 600 trash balloons into its airspace over the weekend. North Korea says the campaign is in response to decades of political leaflets from South Korea.
Since the 1950s, activists in South Korea have sent balloons into North Korea carrying food, medicine, anti-Pyongyang pamphlets, and USBs with K-pop music and shows (see more, w/video). South Korea's government banned the practice in 2020 though the law was overturned last year. In response, North Korea has sent more than 800 balloons—carrying trash and excrement—in two batches over the past week.
South Korea has directed the military to collect and inspect the balloons, which they say were recovered in eight out of nine of its provinces. The move is the latest escalatory measure between the two countries amid military exercises, missile tests, and failed spy satellites.
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