Seoul warned the public on Saturday to avoid more balloons sent from North Korea and to report them to the military or police.<\/p>\n
South Korea\u2019s military said North Korea was sending more balloons carrying \u201cfilth\u201d across the heavily fortified border.<\/p>\n
North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement earlier this week, calling them \u201cgifts of sincerity\u201d and vowing to send more. South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on Saturday called this \u201cunimaginably petty and low-grade behavior.\u201d
\nA public message broadcasted by the city of Seoul asked the public to refrain from touching balloons \u201cidentified in the sky near Seoul\u201d and to report them as these were \u201cbeing handled by the military.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other regional governments had been asked to broadcast similar messages, the defense ministry said.<\/p>\n
North Korea has said the balloons were retaliation for an ongoing propaganda campaign by North Korean defectors and activists in South Korea, who send balloons containing anti-Pyongyang leaflets, food, medicine, money and USB sticks loaded with K-pop music videos and dramas across the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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