— Yonhap News Agency: North Korea sends over 260 balloons carrying trash into …

🇰🇵❌🇰🇷 — 📰 Yonhap News Agency: North Korea sends over 260 balloons carrying trash into South Korea: Seoul military

➡️ North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure across the inter-Korean border, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, after the North warned of “tit-for-tat action” against anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by the South’s activists.

➡️ As of 4 p.m., the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it had detected some 260 balloons sent from the North since Tuesday night, which fell in various locations across the country, including border areas, Seoul and even the southeastern province of South Gyeongsang.

➡️ It marked the largest number of North Korean balloons sent into the South, compared with previous similar instances between 2016 and 2018, the JCS said, noting that none of the balloons were still floating in the air.

➡️ The fallen balloons appeared to have carried various pieces of trash, such as plastic bottles, batteries, shoe parts and even manure, a JCS official said, with no major damage being reported so far.

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