S. Korea not to turn on border propaganda loudspeakers Monday South Korea's military has decided not to operate its propaganda loudspeakers near the border with North Korea on Monday, a day after turning them on for the first time in six years in response to the North's trash-carrying balloon campaign.Jun 10, 2024
Police chief says activists' launch of anti-Pyongyang leaflets cannot be stopped by law South Korean activists cannot be stopped from launching anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into North Korea because it would amount to restricting their freedom of expression, the national police chief said Monday.Jun 10, 2024
Putin to visit N. Korea, Vietnam as early as this month: report Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, a news report said Monday, amid growing speculation the widely expected trip to Pyongyang by the Russian leader is nearing.Jun 10, 2024
N. Korea sends some 310 trash-carrying balloons in latest launch: Seoul militaryNorth Korea has launched around 310 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, Seoul'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.Jun 10, 2024
NK leader's sister warns of 'new counteraction' against S. Korea The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned that South Korea will face unspecified "new counteraction" by the North if it keeps sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets and playing its loudspeaker broadcasts across the border.Jun 10, 2024
South Korea resumes loudspeaker broadcasts as more trash balloons arrive from North The South Korean government decided, Sunday, to resume loudspeaker broadcasts along the inter-Korean border in response to North Korea’s recent launches of trash-carrying balloons.Jun 9, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
North Korea launches over 300 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea since Saturday Korea restarted propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea on Sunday in response to the North's repeated sending of trash-filled balloons across the border since late last month.Jun 9, 2024
North Korea sends balloons carrying trash to South Korea again: JCS North Korea is once again sending balloons presumed to be carrying trash to South Korea on Saturday, Seoul's military said, after it launched nearly 1,000 similar balloons across the border since last week.Jun 9, 2024
South Korea denounces NK provocations in ASEAN meetings South Korea denounced North Korea's recent provocations, including its trash balloon campaign and GPS jamming attacks, and called for a clear and concerted message by the international community to address such threats, the foreign ministry said Saturday.Jun 8, 2024
Defector group sends more propaganda leaflets to N. Korea, raising concern about Pyongyang's trash balloons A North Korean defectors' group said Saturday that it has sent additional propaganda leaflets critical of the North Korean regime across the border, heightening concerns that Pyongyang may resume sending balloons filled with trash in retaliation.Jun 8, 2024
