SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea again started floating balloons into South Korea on Thursday morning, South Korea’s military said, hours after it sent hundreds of balloons across the border the previous day. “As (North Korea) has again been floating balloons since 9 a.m., we advise the public to beware of falling objects [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military conducted propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea in response to its latest launch of trash-carrying balloons into the South, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. The broadcasts took place from Thursday evening to early Friday in areas near where the balloons were launched, the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week. Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has launched more than 250 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, marking the sixth launch of such balloons since late last month. Some 100 balloons, mostly carrying scrap paper, landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has launched around 350 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, Seoul’s military said Tuesday, in what marked the fifth launch of its kind since late last month. Some 100 balloons, mostly carrying scrap paper and waste, landed in Seoul and in the northern part of Gyeonggi Province, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has sent around 310 trash-carrying balloons across the border overnight, South Korea’s military said Monday, amid escalating tensions over the North’s repeated balloon campaign to which South Korea has responded with the resumption of loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts after six years. The latest batch of waste-loaded balloons sent [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Around 90 balloons suspected to have been launched by North Korea have been found scattered across South Korea, including the capital Seoul and areas near the militarized border, according to military officials on May 29. Some of the balloons have landed while others remain aloft, the officials said. Troops are [...]
JEJU, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju provincial government has sent out letters asking affiliated departments and agencies to refrain from flying balloons during festivals. Balloons flown at festivals usually end up in the ocean. There have been rising concerns that fish and birds might die from choking on balloons after mistaking them as food, [...]