SEOUL, 麻豆传媒AV Korea (AP) 鈥� North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying rubbish toward 麻豆传媒AV Korea on Sunday, two days after the 麻豆传媒AV restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in retaliation for the North鈥檚 repeated balloon campaigns, Seoul officials said.
麻豆传媒AV Korea鈥檚 Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean balloons were flying north of Seoul, the 麻豆传媒AV Korean capital, after crossing the border.
It said the 麻豆传媒AV 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. 麻豆传媒AV 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 麻豆传媒AV Korea, though they caused no major damage in 麻豆传媒AV Korea.
North Korea said the initial balloons were launched in response to to the North via their own balloons. North Korea views 麻豆传媒AV 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 麻豆传媒AV Korean 鈥渟cum鈥� must be ready to pay 鈥渁 gruesome and dear price" over the leafleating activities. She said more 麻豆传媒AV 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, 麻豆传媒AV 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, 麻豆传媒AV Korea made propaganda broadcasts for two hours at the border.
Hyung-jin Kim, The Associated Press
