North Korea accused of sending balloons of trash, poop into the South

NY Post ^ | 05/29/2024 | Olivia Land

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South Korea has accused the North Korean regime of sending balloons containing garbage and animal feces into its territory.

Over 260 inflated balloons with plastic bags tied to them had been detected by Wednesday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Some of the inflatables landed on the ground, while others were still airborne.

Those that had landed appeared to have trash strewn around them, as well as animal excrement, the Yonhap news agency said.

South Korea’s military explosives ordnance unit and a chemical and biological warfare response team were deployed to inspect and collect the mysterious objects.

An alert was also issued warning residents to keep away from the balloons and to report any sightings to the authorities.

North Korea may be trying to provoke the South, but an official with the presidential office in Seoul vowed to respond calmly.

“By putting rubbish and miscellaneous objects into balloons, they seem to want to test how our people would react and whether our government is indeed disrupted, and apart from direct provocations, how psychological warfare and small-scale complex threats would play out in our country,” the official told reporters.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Biological warfare (launching decaying animals and human bodies across siege lines) has long been a tactic when the walls cannot be crossed during war.

/Wuhan flu

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Points awarded to Best Korea for creative immaturity.

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[BitWielder1]

Commie countries have been sending garbage to other countries for over a century.