SEOUL: South Korea accused North Korea on Wednesday (May 29) of sending a large number of balloons across the heavily fortified border between the countries to drop objects that included trash and excrement, calling the act base and dangerous.
A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea , carrying what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea , May 29, 2024. SEOUL: South Korea accused North Korea on Wednesday of sending a large number of balloons across the heavily fortified border between the countries to drop objects that included trash and excrement, calling the act base and dangerous.
Balloons have regularly been sent the other way by South Korean activists, often led by North Korean defectors. North Korea has reacted angrily to South Korean activists' balloons, which also carry information about the democratic society in the South and even USB memory sticks withPrevious South Korean governments have sought to stop activists from conducting such campaigns, arguing they did not help advance peace and endangered the safety of residents near the border.
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