Photographs published in South Korean media showed an inflated white balloon with a plastic bag tethered to it.
The fallen balloons appeared to have been carrying various items of rubbish, including plastic bottles, batteries, shoe parts and what is believed to be manure, an official of the joint chiefs of staff (JCS) said.
“Tit-for-tat action will be also taken against frequent scattering of leaflets and other rubbish [by South Korea] near border areas,” Kim said in a statement on Sunday carried by the official KCNA news agency.
“Mounds of wastepaper and filth will soon be scattered over the border areas and the interior of the ROK and it will directly experience how much effort is required to remove them,” Kim added, referring to the South’s official name, the Republic of Korea.
Peter Ward, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute, said sending balloons was far less risky than taking overt military action.
“These kinds of grey zone tactics are more difficult to counter and hold less risk of uncontrollable military escalation, even if they’re horrid for the civilians who are ultimately targeted,” he said.
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Photographs published in South Korean media showed an inflated white balloon with a plastic bag tethered to it.
The fallen balloons appeared to have been carrying various items of rubbish, including plastic bottles, batteries, shoe parts and what is believed to be manure, an official of the joint chiefs of staff (JCS) said.
“Tit-for-tat action will be also taken against frequent scattering of leaflets and other rubbish [by South Korea] near border areas,” Kim said in a statement on Sunday carried by the official KCNA news agency.
“Mounds of wastepaper and filth will soon be scattered over the border areas and the interior of the ROK and it will directly experience how much effort is required to remove them,” Kim added, referring to the South’s official name, the Republic of Korea.
Peter Ward, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute, said sending balloons was far less risky than taking overt military action.
“These kinds of grey zone tactics are more difficult to counter and hold less risk of uncontrollable military escalation, even if they’re horrid for the civilians who are ultimately targeted,” he said.
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