South Korea Blasts Loudspeaker Broadcasts After North’s Trash Balloons

South Korea Blasts Loudspeaker Broadcasts After North’s Trash Balloons
A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, on the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, on June 9, 2024. South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff via AP
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SEOUL—South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding Pyongyang stop sending balloons carrying trash into the South.

The decision to resume the broadcasts, as a form of psychological warfare, was made after North Korea began launching on Saturday about 330 balloons with trash attached, with about 80 of them dropping over the border, South Korea’s military said.