{"id":2257509,"date":"2024-06-01T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-responding-in-seoul-after-north-korea-doubles-down-on-tactic\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T19:02:05","slug":"military-responding-in-seoul-after-north-korea-doubles-down-on-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-responding-in-seoul-after-north-korea-doubles-down-on-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"Military mobilizing in Seoul in response to increased aggression from North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-responding-in-seoul-after-north-korea-doubles-down-on-tactic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257509&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korea&#8217;s balloon launch retaliation: Trash and manure sent to \u200cSouth Korea. Provocative actions escalate\u2064 tensions &#8211; spy satellite\u200d launch, missile barrages. No injuries reported. South Korea responds cautiously, recovering debris without shooting down balloons to avoid escalation. Kim Jong Un&#8217;s sister confirms the act in response to leaflets, hinting at future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyer-bruce-castor-impeachment-managers-presented-nothing-new\/\" title=\"Trump Lawyer Bruce Castor: Impeachment Managers Presented Nothing New\">similar actions<\/a>.\u200b North Korea retaliates with balloon launches, sending\u200c trash and manure to South Korea. Tensions rise with provocative actions like spy satellite launches and missile barrages. No injuries reported. South Korea responds carefully, recovering debris without shooting down balloons to prevent escalation. Kim Jong\u2063 Un&#8217;s sister acknowledges the act, suggesting more similar actions in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 1, 2024 at 5:38am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>North Korea launched more balloons carrying trash and manure toward the South after a similar campaign earlier in the week, according to South Korea\u2019s military.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang called the move a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-anchor-stunned-discovering-dirty-surprise-inside-north-korean-balloons-sent-south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retaliation<\/a> for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Defense Ministry did not immediately comment on the number of balloons or how many landed in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency, citing anonymous military sources, said officials as of Saturday night found about 90 balloons that dropped paper and plastic trash and cigarette butts in areas in the capital, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kim-jong-un-orders-north-korea-prepare-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seoul<\/a>, and nearby Gyeonggi province.<\/p>\n<p>The military advised people to beware of falling objects and not to touch objects suspected to be from North Korea, but report them to military or police officers instead.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.<\/p>\n<p>In Seoul, the city government sent text alerts saying that unidentified objects suspected to be flown from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-north-koreas-kim-enjoys-russian-luxury-limousine-gifted-putin-two-nations-expand-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Korea<\/a> were detected in skies near the city and that the military was responding to them.<\/p>\n<p>The North\u2019s balloon launches added to a recent series of provocative steps, which include its failed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-kim-jong-un-now-reviewing-satellite-images-us-bases-major-target-regions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spy satellite<\/a> launch and a barrage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-suggests-it-may-restart-nuclear-icbm-tests\/\" title=\"North Korea Suggests It May 'Restart' Nuclear, ICBM Tests\">short-range missile launches<\/a> this week that the North said was intended to demonstrate its ability to\u00a0attack the South preemptively.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s military dispatched chemical rapid response and explosive clearance teams to recover the debris from some 260 North Korean balloons that were found in various parts of the country from Tuesday night to Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will war break out on the Korean peninsula?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The military said the balloons carried various types of trash and manure, but no dangerous substances like chemical, biological or radioactive materials.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the balloons were found with timers that suggested they were designed to pop the bags of trash in midair.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-kim-jong-un-announces-big-nuclear-plans-2024-culminating-ahead-us-presidential-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim Jong Un<\/a>, confirmed that the North sent the balloons to make good on her country\u2019s recent threat to \u201cscatter mounds of wastepaper and filth\u201d in South Korea in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idf-urges-gazans-to-evacuate-as-hamas-blocks-escape-route-our-war-is-not-with-the-people-of-gaza\/\" title=\"IDF urges Gazans to evacuate; Hamas blocks escape route. Our fight is not against Gaza's people.\">leafleting campaigns<\/a> by South Korean activists.<\/p>\n<p>She hinted that balloons could become the North\u2019s standard response to leafletting moving forward, saying that the North would respond by \u201cscattering rubbish dozens of times more than those being scattered to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s military has said it has no plans to shoot down the balloons, citing concerns about causing damage or the possibility that they might contain dangerous substances.<\/p>\n<p>Firing at balloons near the border would also risk triggering a retaliation from the North at a time of high tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(We) decided it was best to let the balloons drop and recover them safely,\u201d Lee Sung Joon, spokesperson of South Korea\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a briefing Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea is extremely sensitive about any outside attempt to undermine Kim Jong Un\u2019s absolute control over the country\u2019s 26 million people, most of whom have little access to foreign news.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, North Korea blew up an empty South Korean-built liaison office on its territory in a furious response to South Korean civilian leafleting campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, North Korea fired at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/things-not-looking-good-swalwell-fang-fang-meets-editor-chinese-propaganda-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">propaganda<\/a> balloons flying toward its territory and South Korea returned fire, though there were no casualties.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, North Korea even suggested that balloons flown from South Korea had caused a COVID-19 outbreak in the isolated nation, a highly questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to blame the South for worsening inter-Korean relations.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44902\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44902\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44902\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44902\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44902\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Associated Press is an independent, not-for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-involving-trump-17-house-democrats-and-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Trump, 17 House Democrats, and the Biden Administration\">-profit news cooperative headquartered<\/a> in New York City. 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