North Korea to suspend sending trash balloons to South Korea
- North Korea will halt sending trash balloons to South Korea if Seoul ceases launching leaflets, with no plans to stop by activists or the South's Unification Ministry.
- Former North Korean defectors are among activists committed to keep launching leaflets into North Korea.
- South Korea's Unification Ministry confirmed it won't request groups to cease leaflet launches.
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North Korea says it is halting sending trash balloons to South Korea after hundreds more float over border - Boston News, Weather, Sports
(CNN) — North Korea said it was stopping sending trash-filled balloons to South Korea after Seoul reported hundreds more airborne waste deliveries floating across the border. North Korea’s vice-defense minister Kim Kang Il said that the country will “temporarily halt dropping trash over the border,” after claiming to have sent a total of 15 tonnes of trash to its neighbor, according to his statement released by state media KCNA on Sunday. Kim sa…
The South Korean government has approved the suspension of a military agreement with North Korea.
What South Koreans think about North Korea’s barrage of trash balloons
Lee Ho-jun, 39, had already drifted off to sleep when a noise like a siren jolted him awake at 11:35 p.m. last Tuesday. “Suspicious objects presumed to be North Korean leaflets have been identified in the front-line areas,” read a message on his phone, labeled an “Extreme Emergency Alert.” “When I got the text alert, […]
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