Over the weekend, North Korea sent 330 balloons carrying 15 tonnes of rubbish into South Korea. Now, Seoul says it will restart loudspeaker broadcasts on the border, which will be "unbearable for the North Korean regime".

By Dylan Donnelly, news reporter

Sunday 9 June 2024 09:42, UK

South Korea has vowed to blast "unbearable" noise at North Korea for the first time since 2018 after Pyongyang sent more sewage-filled balloons over the border.

Seoul's national security council said on Sunday it will restart loudspeaker broadcasts of anti-North Korean propaganda after 330 balloons dropped 15 tonnes of rubbish in South Korea 
throughout the weekend.

Three waves of sewage-filled balloons, filled with manure, cigarette butts, scraps of cloth, batteries and wastepaper, have been sent into the south since May.

South Korea's security council said: "The measures we will take may be unbearable for the North Korean regime, but they will send a message of hope and light to the North's troops and its people."

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