Recently, a North Korean balloon carrying trash landed on the grounds of South Korea‘s presidential compound for the second time in recent months. The recent landing was confirmed by South Korea’s presidential security service to have occurred within the Yongsan district of Seoul, but the balloon dropped debris over the area without coming across any hazardous materials.
According to reports, the balloon carried more than just trash; it also released propaganda leaflets that insulted South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee. The South Korean media, including Dong-A Ilbo and Chosun Ilbo, reported that the materials it released were very provocative, as part of a broader psychological campaign North Korea has been mounting since May.
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who recently gave a statement, described this balloon as “political motivational rubbish” and criticized South Korean authorities for their “reckless infringement” of North Korea’s sovereignty. She said that, as mentioned in this step, South Korea will be counted later as this situation between both nations is on the other side of the table.
It has been a serious security problem as the balloons from the North are repeated amid the military provocations from Pyongyang, on the vulnerability of major sites here in South Korea. These balloons have indeed had an impact on daily life in South Korea, for instance, affecting transport and bringing some disruptions to other fields.
To respond to these provocations, South Korea has resumed propaganda broadcasts along the border, and tensions have been growing ever since. Such an exchange of tactics underlines the deep-seated animosity of the two Koreas, hence the fragile state of peace on the peninsula.
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