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North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement
to South Korea on Wednesday.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader,
said the balloons were gifts of sincerity for South Koreans
who quote cry for freedom of expression.
South Korean military's explosive ordnance unit and chemical and biological
warfare response team were deployed to inspect and collect the
objects.
Residents like Li Xiong received an alert warning them to
keep away and report any sightings to authorities.
It was so creepy and scary that the balloon might
have fallen because North Korea might have had a specific
target.
Everyone was so scared at that moment.
I wondered what would have happened to us if there
was not just garbage,
but viruses or chemicals.
More than 260 balloons have been detected as of Wednesday
afternoon,
and most of them have landed on the ground,
according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Photos released by the South's military showed balloons with plastic
bags tied to them and trash strewn around.
Some collapsed balloons, Yonghem news agency said.
Some contained animal feces. An official at Seoul's presidential office
said the North might want to test the
South's reaction, but vowed to respond calmly.
Sending balloons to the North has been a tactic regularly
used by South Korean activists.
They are often led by defectors escaped from North Korea.
North Korea has reacted angrily to those balloons,
which usually carry anti Pyongyang leaflets,
mini radios, food and USB memory sticks with K pop
music videos and dramas.
The recent incident comes days after North Korea denounced balloons
sent from the South,
calling them dirty things and a dangerous provocation.
North Korea vowed on Wednesday to send more balloons to
South Korea.
Dozens of times the number is said South Korea had
sent into its territory,
according to state media. KCNA
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