South Korea’s military said that Pyongyang was again launching balloons across the border. Residents in the South have been warned not to touch them.
North Korea has again taken to launching what appear to be trash-laden balloons south, according to South Korea’s military.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday said in a statement that North Korean balloons were moving in a southerly direction.
“Citizens are advised to be cautious of falling debris,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “If you find any fallen balloons do not touch them and report them to the nearest military unit or police station.”
City authorities Seoul also issued a warning to residents late on Monday, saying at least one of the balloons “has been confirmed to have entered Seoul’s airspace.
Tensions are always high between the two neighbors, still not formally at peace following the Korean War of the early 1950s.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to North Korea in more than 20 years last week, signing a strategic partnership deal that’s said to include a mutual defense clause, prompted fresh concern in the South.
