North Korea responds: Garbage-filled balloons are anticipated to be succeeded by loudspeaker declarations.
The war of words is heating up along the border between North and South Korea. With South Korea launching news and music broadcasts across powerful speakers towards the North on Sunday, the Northern regime is now retaliating with threats of their own.
Kim Yo Jong, the respected sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, delivered this message through the state news agency KCNA. She claimed that the South’s distribution of leaflets and broadcasts via speakers signaled a "dangerous situation that could escalate even further." In response, the North will likely deploy similar measures against the South.
According to the South Korean military authorities, telltale signs indicate that North Korea is currently installing speakers. The southern broadcasts have been transmitting international news, educational material about democracy and capitalism, as well as popular K-Pop tunes towards the reclusive North.
It is believed that these transmissions can be heard up to 20 kilometers deep into North Korean territory. However, certain experts are skeptical about this claim. In the past, numerous balloons filled with North Korean trash had drifted southwards. Kim Yo Jong, a high-ranking official in the ruling Workers' Party, confirmed that there were no less than 1400 balloons sent from the northern side across the demilitarized zone on Saturday night itself.
The North Korean regime initiated these measures back in May, possibly using these helium-filled balloons to release garbage and even a yellow liquid over the dividing line. The regime in Pyongyang referred to this as retaliation for balloons launched by South Korean activists, laden with loads of leaflets criticizing Kim, U.S. dollars, and USB cards containing K-Pop songs and dramas.
