{"id":1197,"date":"2024-06-03T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doom-news.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:22:46","slug":"south-korea-decides-to-suspend-military-agreement-with-north-korea-over-garbage-balloons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doom-news.com\/si\/news\/south-korea-decides-to-suspend-military-agreement-with-north-korea-over-garbage-balloons\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea decides to suspend military agreement with North Korea over garbage balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"wp-block-ultimate-post-image ultp-block-f901df\"><div class=\"ultp-block-wrapper\"><figure class=\"ultp-image-block-wrapper\"><div class=\"ultp-image-block ultp-image-block-none\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"ultp-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.doom-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/https___cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com_reuters_DWWDZTPBRJOIBMZAWQIHZGOFJM.avif\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ultp-image-caption\">Source : South China Morning Post<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb3337d1b25b4e774bc73cb436af99a4 wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea sent about 3,500 balloons of various sizes across the border between May 28 and June 2, Vice Minister of National Security Kim Kang Il said in a statement carried by the North&#8217;s state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c096c3457435ace9007810f481e4ebe4 wp-block-paragraph\">South Korean officials say about 260 balloons floated across the border in one day when the balloon business began. Thousands of balloons sent since then have carried about 15 tons of waste to South Korea, the North Korean official said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5e43042007d5bf9c895a401ed7c5f17c wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea said it would take &#8220;intolerable&#8221; action against North Korea for sending garbage balloons across the border, which could include blaring propaganda from loudspeakers aimed at the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-739bc9a3e45433f49359a8f166886fdb wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea said it was in retaliation for a propaganda campaign by North Korean defectors and activists in South Korea, who sent inflatables containing anti-Pyongyang leaflets, food, medicine, money and USB sticks loaded with K-pop music videos and dramas. Materials are regularly sent across the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3c35ff963cc1f601fb458a9fd761152e wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has not commented on the weekend balloons. South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik told US Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd at a conference in Singapore on Sunday that the balloons violated the ceasefire agreement, according to the South Korean military. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea sent about 3,500 balloons of various sizes across the border between May 28 and June 2, Vice Minister of National Security Kim Kang Il said in a statement carried by the North&#8217;s state media. 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