SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s trash-filled balloons have caused combined damage exceeding 100 million won (US$74,600) in the wider capital area of South Korea over the past three months, according to data Sunday. Damage was reported due to trash bundles that landed in Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province between May 28 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military said Friday that North Korea has sent more trash-carrying balloons toward the South since the previous night, marking the third straight day of balloon launches. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected North Korea launching some 260 trash balloons from Thursday night to early [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Yonhap) — Trash-carrying balloons launched by North Korea since May have been found in over 3,000 locations across South Korea, a police report showed Tuesday. Since late May, North Korea has launched some 3,600 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, which the North has claimed are in retaliation against South Korean activists sending [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In South Korea, parents of young men serving in the military are experiencing heightened anxiety due to a combination of unusual provocations from North Korea and extreme weather conditions. An individual referred to only as Park, 65, said they were on edge every time they receive a safety alert about [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s latest round of its balloon campaign involved around 500 balloons carrying scrap paper and plastic sheets, including those that fell on the presidential office compound in the capital, South Korea’s military said Thursday. In what marked the second of its kind this week alone, North Korea launched [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Tuesday it will push for a law revision allowing compensation for any citizen who suffers damage from North Korea’s trash-carrying balloons. During a party meeting, PPP floor leader Choo Kyung-ho noted the lack of legal grounds to compensate South Korean citizens who [...]