Overview

• North Korea has sent hundreds of trash-filled balloons into South Korea in recent weeks.
• The balloons are in retaliation for South Korean activists' anti-Kim leaflets and propaganda.
• South Korea has resumed loudspeaker broadcasts that had been halted since 2018.
• Kim Yo Jong has called the situation a 'prelude to a very dangerous situation.'
• The tit-for-tat actions raise concerns over potential military escalation.