South Korea vowed to take “unbearable” retaliatory steps against North Korea after it launched a second wave of balloons filled with rubbish across the border.
In the past week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump "mounds of wastepaper and filth" on South Korea
It also simulated nuclear strikes against its neighbour and allegedly jammed GPS navigation signals in the South in an escalation of animosities between the rivals.South Korea’s national security director Chang Ho-jin said top officials decided in an emergency meeting on Sunday to take “unbearable” measures against North Korea in response.
South Korean soldier wearing protective gears checks rubbish from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea.Tied to the balloons were cigarette butts, scraps of cloth, waste paper and vinyl, but no dangerous substances, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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