The last time Pyongyang flew balloons south was on July 24, when garbage carrying at least one of them fell on the South Korean presidential complex, raising fears about its security vulnerability.
North Korea is launching again custody which probably carry garbage towards its southern neighbor, continuing a strange psychological warfare campaign amid rising tensions between war-divided rivals, the Army reported South Korea.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said Saturday that winds could carry the balloons to regions north of the South Korean capital. The Seoul City Council and the Gyeonggi Provincial Government issued text alerts urging citizens to have Be careful with objects that fall from the sky and to inform the Army or the Police if they see any unidentified flying objects. For now There are no reports of injuries or material damage..
In recent weeks, Pyongyang has launched more than 2,000 balloons with used paper, remnants of fabric and cigarette butts to the south, in what has been described as a reprisal against South Korean civil activists who drop anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets across the border.
Pyongyang has long condemned this type of activity, as it is extremely sensitive to any external criticism to the authoritarian regime of leader Kim Jong-un.
Always flying balloons
The last time that North Korea flew balloons toward South Korea was the July 24when the garbage that at least one of them was carrying fell about the south korean presidential complexincreasing the concern about vulnerability of key South Korean facilities.
The globe did not contain hazardous material y no one was hurtaccording to Seoul’s presidential security service. South Korea, in reaction to the North’s balloon campaign, activated its speakers front line to broadcast propaganda messages y K-pop songs. Experts say North Korea hates such emissions because it fears they will demoralize front-line troops and residents.
Cold War-style campaigns between the two Koreas are exacerbating tensionswith rivals threatening more forceful measuressy warning with serious consequences.
The resumption of the balloon campaign comes while North Korea struggle to recover from devastating floods that submerged thousands of homes and huge tracts of farmland in areas near its border with China.
