North Korea floats more trash-carrying balloons towards South Korea

ANKARA

North Korea has floated more trash-filled balloons towards South Korea three days after a similar launch, Seoul said on Sunday.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the balloons appeared to be traveling towards the northern part of Gyeonggi province that surrounds Seoul, Yonhap News reported.

The latest launch came after South Korea's military restarted propaganda broadcasts against North Korea on Thursday in response to Pyongyang's repeated launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border.

With the latest launch, North Korea has sent more than 2,000 trash-filled balloons into the South on nine occasions.

North Korea has also bristled against the loudspeaker campaigns, as well as anti-Pyongyang leaflets, on fears that an influx of outside information could pose a threat to the Kim Jong-un regime.