In reaction to the propaganda balloons sent this week by South Korean activists, the military of South Korea said it was on guard for additional trash-carrying balloons that might arrive from North Korea on Sunday, June 9.
Last week, North Korea claimed to have responded to anti-Pyongyang propaganda balloons sent the other way by South Korean activists by sending hundreds of balloons into the South in two waves filled with trash bags.
A South Korean organization named “Fighters for Free North Korea” claimed to have sent 10 balloons with USB thumb drives carrying K-pop music and 200,000 pamphlets criticizing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite Pyongyang’s announcement on Sunday that the balloons would stop.
A spokesperson for the South Korean military told AFP on Saturday that the service is “closely monitoring with vigilance” due to “the possibility of more trash balloons descending around tomorrow”. Should more South Korean leaflets be sent, North Korea had threatened to reply with “wastepaper and rubbish” a hundred times over.
Some defectors from North Korea claimed to have sent 10 balloons on Friday carrying 100 radios, 200,000 anti-Pyongyang pamphlets, and USB thumb drives with a speech by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Group leader Jang Se-yul told AFP on Saturday that his group will continue its campaign “whether Kim Jong Un sends trash-carrying balloons again or not.”
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