North Korea said Sunday it will stop sending trash-filled balloons into South Korea, after the democratic nation pledged to take “unbearable” steps in retaliation.
Kim said the country was prepared to resume sending trash-filled balloons if South Korea resumed its anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaign in North Korea.
Earlier Sunday, South Korea pledged to respond to the provocations with “unbearable” steps, which, the AP reported, experts predicted could include front-line loudspeaker broadcasts into the North.
South Korea’s military said it discovered more than 700 balloons sent from North Korea on Sunday, after finding 260 earlier this week.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said the balloons were tied to manure, wastepaper and other trash.
North Korea said they had flown 3,500 balloons carrying 15 tons of wastepaper.
South Korean officials said the “unbearable” retaliatory steps would be a reaction to the balloons, as well as to the alleged jamming of GPS signals in South Korea and to the North’s simulation of nuclear strikes against the South in recent days. »
