Trash balloons from N Korea hit South's presidential compoundSEOULSouth Korean army soldiers collect the trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea, in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the escalating tit-for-tat propaganda war.
"The chemical, biological and radiological (warfare) response team has safely collected the trash balloons," the presidential security service told AFP.
It's difficult to say North Korea intended to do this," he added.
In response to the waves of balloons, South Korea on Sunday resumed "full scale" propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers along the border, directed at North.