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North Korea launches new wave of 'trash balloons' into South Korea

South Korean military officers on a Seoul street check unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons between the night of June 1 and 2, 2024. © Handout from the South Korean Defence Ministry via AFP

North Korea launched hundreds more trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign a few days earlier, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang calls retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border.

Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, about 600 balloons flown from North Korea have been found in various parts of South Korea. The balloons carried cigarette butts, scraps of cloth, waste paper and vinyl, but no dangerous substances were included, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. 

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