Michael Fiorentino is an associate producer at NBC News.
Waste and propaganda are raining down across the Korean peninsula. It’s not the cross-border barrage South Koreans have been fearing, but the country's military said Wednesday that its nuclear-armed neighbor had launched more than 200 balloons across the border overnight carrying trash, bottles, old batteries, leaflets, fertilizer and other waste. The balloons were found primarily in the border provinces of Gyeonggi and Gangwon, but were also seen hundreds of miles south in South Gyeongsang.
South Korea's defense ministry told NBC News that North Korea had also disrupted GPS frequencies in the de factor sea border between the two countries. “These acts by North Korea violate international law and threaten our people’s safety,” said South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Yonhap, urging North Korea to cease its “inhumane and vulgar behaviors” immediately.
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