According to CCTV News, on the 21st local time, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that North Korea once again released balloons towards South Korea. On the same day, the South Korean military reported that in response to North Korea's actions such as releasing balloons carrying garbage against South Korea, South Korea would launch a comprehensive loudspeaker broadcast to North Korea. At present, North Korea has not responded to this.
South Korea will launch amplified broadcasts against North Korea again (Source: CCTV News)
According to previous reports, since May 28, North Korea and South Korea have dropped balloons to each other many times. The balloons floating in the air are 3 to 4 meters long, and underneath the balloons Hanging plastic bags containing all kinds of filth and garbage. A timer and detonation device are attached to the ropes tying the balloons and plastic bags. It is said that such "attacks" caused varying degrees of damage to vehicles, residences, commercial buildings and plastic greenhouses.
html On June 9, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that the South Korean military had conducted a loudspeaker broadcast to North Korea in the border area between North and South Korea that afternoon. This is also another move after South Korea passed a bill on suspending the validity of the "9.19 Military Agreement" on June 4. Balloons released by both sides (Source: Yangcheng faction)
reported that "airdrop battles" between South Korea and North Korea are not uncommon. Some groups in South Korea regularly send balloons to North Korea. The balloons carry leaflets criticizing North Korea and USB storage disks containing Korean pop music videos.
The South Korean government has also tried to prevent such activities, saying they do not help promote peace and endanger the safety of residents near the border. The South Korean government also issued a ban on flying balloons for this purpose, but this ban was later ruled unconstitutional by the South Korean Supreme Court, saying it violated freedom of speech.
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(Source: Jimu News)
