South Korea to Resume Military Drills Near DMZ After North Sends Trash Balloons

Published on June 5, 2024

South Korea is ending a landmark military agreement with North Korea following a campaign of harassment by the North that included floating refuse over its southern neighbor. The communist regime in Pyongyang flew more than 1,000 large balloons across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and over South Korea last week. The balloons reportedly carried an assortment of refuse, including trash, manure, waste batteries, cigarette butts, and soiled diapers. South Korea’s military didn’t shoot down the incoming North Korean balloons to avoid potential damage on the ground and an unwanted armed clash with the North, leading some citizens to express concern online that, in the future, North Korea might use balloons to drop biological or chemical weapons....