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North Korea should stop sending trash balloons

North Korea has again sent hundreds of balloons filled with trash to South Korea, according to South Korea's military. But now the dictatorship says it will temporarily stop sending garbage across the border.

» Updated: 04 October 2024, 20:19

» Published: 02 June 2024

North Korea should stop sending trash balloons
Photo: Im Sun-suk/Yonhap/AP/TT

North Korea has again sent hundreds of balloons filled with trash to South Korea, according to South Korea's military.

But now the dictatorship says it will temporarily stop sending trash over the border.

During the night before Sunday, around 600 balloons filled with cigarette butts, fabric scraps, paper waste, and vinyl were found. However, no hazardous substances were detected.

Earlier in the week, balloons carrying trash, toilet paper, and suspected animal waste also appeared in the sky over South Korea. The incident is described by North Korea as a response to activists sending leaflets with criticism of the Pyongyang regime over the border.

South Korea's National Security Council had planned to discuss whether the country should activate the giant speakers that previously broadcast a mix of pop music, propaganda, and news over the border, a source told news agency Yonhap.

The speakers were used in 2010, 2015, and 2016 as a response to North Korean provocations. North Korea has also used speakers to broadcast propaganda.

Later on Sunday, North Korea reported that it would stop sending trash balloons.

"We will temporarily stop spreading paper waste outside the border," reports the state-controlled North Korean news agency KCNA.

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