South Korea's military has warned people to avoid touching the balloons and report them to authorities.

North Korea is sending more balloons carrying rubbish across the heavily fortified southern border, South Korea’s military has said.

It comes just days after North Korea appeared to send at least 200 balloons carrying rubbish over the border in retaliation for propaganda leaflets sent from the south.

South Korea’s defence minister Shin Won-sik called it “unimaginably petty and low-grade behaviour” while the military added it is examining the contents of the bags floated over the border by the balloons.

  • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    417·
    6 months ago

    True. It’s disrespect from both sides though, even though we outsiders consider only the north to be ridiculous. Are the South side trying to enlighten the North’s people or something? What was the agenda there? Like, the larger agenda.

    • JakeroxsEnglish
      42·
      6 months ago

      I agree, it is disrespectful for both

      I can understand that the south would view it as spreading culture or “enlightening” as you mentioned, since the North is a locked down authoritarian country.

      • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I like how everyone agreeing with me gets up votes, but I get a million down votes, lmao.

        But yeah. Us non-North Koreans obviously favor what the South is doing more than the North, and North knows it’s full of shit and their propaganda won’t work so they just send garbage and shit. But still. Both sides should stop.