North Korea Threatens More Trash Balloons Amid Escalating Leaflet War
Kim Yo Jong condemns South Korean activists for sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets, vows retaliation.
- North Korea has sent numerous trash-filled balloons to South Korea since May in response to anti-Pyongyang leaflets.
- South Korea has suspended a 2018 tension-reduction agreement and resumed live-fire drills at the border.
- Kim Yo Jong warns of further retaliation, calling South Korean actions 'crude and dirty play.'
- South Korea has redeployed loudspeakers to broadcast anti-North Korean propaganda across the border.
- The leaflet campaigns are seen as serious provocations by North Korea, which restricts access to foreign news.