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South Korea says North Korea launches more suspected trash balloons

A plastic bag carrying various objects - including what appeared to be trash that crossed the inter-Korean border with a balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea - is pictured in Seoul, June 2, 2024 [File: Defence Ministry Handout via Reuters]

South Korea says it has detected balloons likely carrying trash launched by North Korea, in the latest round of a months-long campaign that Pyongyang says is retaliation against against South Korean civilian activists flying propaganda leaflets across the border.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement on Wednesday that an unspecified number of balloons could reach the northern Gyeonggi Province, north of the capital, Seoul.

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