SEOUL, September 5. /TASS/. North Korea has been sending trash balloons towards its southern neighbor for the second day in a row, Yonhap reported, citing the South Korean military.
North Korea bean launching balloons with garbage again around 09:00 local time (03:00 Moscow Time). The South Korean military has called on people to report such findings to the authorities and refrain from approaching them. The agency later reported that the authorities counted about 60 balloons.
On Wednesday evening, Pyongyang launched nearly 420 trash balloons. Some 20 of them landed in Seoul and its environs.
In the evening of September 5, the launch of another batch - the third in two days - was recorded. "It is another time North Korea is launching balloons toward the South, presumably with garbage," a mass mailing from the capital's mayor's office noted. Given the wind direction, the balloons could reach Seoul, South Korean military officials admitted.
The previous balloon launching campaign was staged by North Korea on August 10. North Korea has been sending trash balloons toward South Korea since late May in response to Seoul’s scattering propaganda leaflets. In July, a balloon fell down in the territory of South Korea’s government compound.
Before that, a similar action took place on August 10. Similar balloons have been launched from the DPRK territory since late May in response to the throwing of propaganda leaflets by South Korean activists. In July, one of the balloons fell on the territory of the government complex where the presidential administration of the Republic of Korea is located.
The day before an official from the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Unification told Yonhap News Agency that South Korean public organizations probably scattered leaflets in North Korea without publicity.