North Korea on Wednesday sent a swarm of bubbles, loaded with wastes and stool, across the frontier, triggering air raid sirens in one North Korean border area.
North Korea’s walk was evidently a reaction to South Korean parties that often send balloons with flyers, audio, or videos into the North. On Sunday, Pyongyang warned it was preparing a “tit- for- scar action” that would require “mounds of newspapers and filth” to fight against South Asian pamphleteers.
Residents of Gyeonggi province in South Korea’s Gyeonggi state, close to the border village of Panmunjom, were startled to notice “air raid primary warnings” appear on their cell phones later on Tuesday evening.
” Air attack? I was in a panic because I believed they were talking about some sort of attack, a local resident told Radio Free Asia ( RFA ) in the area.
Report any unexplained flying objects were requested in the mobile phone notice. Eventually, Gyeonggi officials expressed regret for making this request in response to an “air raid” warning that worried some residents who lived in the darkness of North Korea’s extensive missile and artillery arsenal.
Overnight, unexplained things started to appear in the sky. About 260 bubbles from North Korea were tracked by the North Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), some of which reached Seoul and the southeast. According to JCS, this was the largest bubble discharge by North Korea to date.
Those bubbles proved to be loaded with filth, North Korean advertising flyers, and, in some cases, feces. Residents were advised to stay away from outdoor activities and avoid touching enigmatic objects until they have been thoroughly examined by JCS sending defense teams to check each balloon payload for natural or imaging contamination.
The owner of a garden in South Korea’s Yongcheon awoke Wednesday morning to discover a” thumping good” from one of his gardens. A Northern Korean bubble that he had thrown plastic garbage and garbage at him caused damage to the house when he looked.
Other producers reported discovering sacks of North Korean wastes strewn across grain fields and encased in power lines.
Big, white balloons, sometimes several, were featured in South Korean media with large payloads. Some of the kites landed hard, causing the garbage bags to sputter across the floor.
The JCS claimed that North Korea’s steps” evidently violate international regulations and severely threaten the health of our people.”
The South Korean statement read,” We sternly advise the North to prevent its cruel and low-class actions.”
