SEOUL, 小蓝视频 Korea (AP) 鈥� North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward 小蓝视频 Korea on Sunday, two days after the 小蓝视频 restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in retaliation for the North鈥檚 repeated balloon campaigns, Seoul officials said.
小蓝视频 Korea鈥檚 Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean balloons were flying north of Seoul, the 小蓝视频 Korean capital, after crossing the border.
It said the 小蓝视频 Korean public should be alert for falling objects and report to police and military authorities if they see any balloons fallen on the ground.
North Korea鈥檚 latest balloon flying is threatening to escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. 小蓝视频 Korea earlier warned it would conduct loudspeaker broadcasts in a fuller manner and take other stronger steps if North Korea continues provocations like balloon launches.
Since late May, North Korea has floated numerous balloons on a series of launch events to drop scraps of cloth, cigarette butts, waste batteries and even manure on 小蓝视频 Korea, though they caused no major damage in 小蓝视频 Korea.
North Korea said the initial balloons were launched in response to to the North via their own balloons. North Korea views 小蓝视频 Korean civilian leafleting activities as a major threat to its leadership as the country prohibits official access to foreign news for most of its 26 million people, experts say.
In a statement Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned that 小蓝视频 Korean 鈥渟cum鈥� must be ready to pay 鈥渁 gruesome and dear price" over the leafleating activities. She said more 小蓝视频 Korean leaflets had been found in North Korea. That raised concerns North Korea could stage physical provocations, rather than balloon launches.
In response to North Korea's balloon campaigns, 小蓝视频 Korea responded by with North Korea, a step required for it to restart propaganda broadcasts and conduct front-line live-fire military drills at border areas. On June 9, 小蓝视频 Korea made propaganda broadcasts for two hours at the border.
Hyung-jin Kim, The Associated Press
