North Korea Sends Trash-Filled Balloons Over South Korea
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North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash into South Korea, prompting the South's military to mobilize response teams to recover the debris. This unusual provocation follows North Korea's failed satellite launch and comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Kim Jong Un has criticized South Korea's military exercises and vowed to continue developing space-based reconnaissance capabilities. South Korea has advised civilians to avoid the objects and report them to authorities.
- South Korea says the North has flown balloons carrying trash over the border NPR
- North Korean trash balloons are dumping ‘filth’ on South Korea CNN
- Seoul says North Korea is dropping balloons filled with 'filth and garbage' Financial Times
- Kim Jong Un's Balloon Barrage: Bags of Excrement Fly Into the South The Wall Street Journal
- North Korea drops trash balloons on South Korea USA TODAY
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