The balloon dropping is an old-school Cold-War style provocation that has rarely been used in recent years.
This week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea — an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation that the country has rarely used in recent years.The powerful sister of North Korea n leader Kim Jong Un confirmed Wednesday that North Korea sent the balloons and attached trash sacks.
North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2016.This week, no leaflets were found from the North Korean balloons. "The balloon launches aren't weak action at all. It's like North Korea sending a message that next time, it can send balloons carrying powder forms of biological and chemical weapons," said Kim Taewoo, a former president of South Korea's government-funded Institute for National Unification.
This photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, shows balloons with trash presumably sent by North Korea, in South Chungcheong Province.If the manure is the kind made of animal dung, its examination may show what fodder is given to livestock in North Korea.But observers say outside experts can get such information more easily from North Korean defectors, their contacts in North Korea and Chinese border towns, and North Korean state publications.
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