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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hyung-Jin Kim

South Korea slams North Korea's fresh trash balloon launches and threatens loudspeaker broadcasts

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South Korea threatened Tuesday to restart anti-Pyongyang frontline propaganda broadcasts in the latest bout of Cold War-style campaigns between the rivals after North Korea resumed its trash-carrying balloon launches.

On Monday night, North Korea floated huge balloons carrying plastic bags of rubbish across the border in its fifth such campaign since late May — an apparent response to South Korean activists flying political leaflets via balloons.

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