<p>South Korean activists have sent a number of balloons filled with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets into North Korea, days after North sent balloons carrying garbage and possibly human excreta into the South. This time around, South Korean balloons also reportedly include flash drives containing South Korean music.</p>

<p>The North claimed that its balloons, carrying bags of garbage such as cigarette butts and plastic waste, were retaliation for those sent by South Korean activists. Pyongyang later said it has called off its campaign. But&nbsp;it has warned it would restart if more balloons came north.</p>

<p>"The defector group Free North Korea Movement announced (Thursday) that they had launched 200,000 leaflets towards North Korea early in the morning," the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported.</p>

<p>The group's leader, Park Sang-hak, said that "we used 10 balloons to send 200,000 leaflets from Pocheon, Gyeonggi".</p>

<p><strong>Also watch |&nbsp;North Korea sends balloons carrying garbage over South Korea, emergency alert issued in S Korea</strong></p>

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<p>A photo released by the South Korean activist group showed the members associated holding up a large poster with photographs of Kim Jong Un and his sister and chief regime spokesperson Kim Yo Jong.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Enemy of the people Kim Jong Jun sent filth and trash to the South Korean people, but we the defectors send truth and love to our fellow North Koreans!" the poster says.</p>

<p>South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol suspended a 2018 tension-reducing military deal with the North in response to the trash-carrying balloons sent by Pyongyang last week. Seoul will now resume live fire drills and restart loudspeaker propaganda campaigns along the border with the North.</p>

<p>The broadcasts in the past have acted as irritants to Kim Jong-Un's regime. Pyongyang has threatened strikes against the loudspeaker units unless they were switched off.</p>

<p>Pyongyang said the trash balloons were retaliation for similar missives sent northwards by South Korean activists.</p>

<p>Earlier this week, the Free North Korea Movement had revealed that they had sent balloons carrying around 2,000 USB flash drives containing songs by South Korean singer Lim Young-woong, as well as other K-pop and K-dramas, into the North on May 10.<br />
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<em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


South Korean activists have sent a number of balloons filled with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets into North Korea, days after North sent balloons carrying garbage and possibly human excreta into the South.

South Korean activists have sent a number of balloons filled with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets into North Korea, days after North sent balloons carrying garbage and possibly human excreta into the South. This time around, South Korean balloons also reportedly include flash drives containing South Korean music. The North claimed that its balloons, carrying bags of garbage such as cigarette butts and plastic waste, were retaliation for those sent by South Korean activists. Pyongyang later said it has called off its campaign. But it has warned it would restart if more balloons came north. "The defector group Free North Korea Movement announced (Thursday) that they had launched 200,000 leaflets towards North Korea early in the morning," the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported. The group's leader, Park Sang-hak, said that "we used 10 balloons to send 200,000 leaflets from Pocheon, Gyeonggi". Also watch | North Korea sends balloons carrying garbage over South Korea, emergency alert issued in S Korea × A photo released by the South Korean activist group showed the members associated holding up a large poster with photographs of Kim Jong Un and his sister and chief regime spokesperson Kim Yo Jong. "Enemy of the people Kim Jong Jun sent filth and trash to the South Korean people, but we the defectors send truth and love to our fellow North Koreans!" the poster says. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol suspended a 2018 tension-reducing military deal with the North in response to the trash-carrying balloons sent by Pyongyang last week. Seoul will now resume live fire drills and restart loudspeaker propaganda campaigns along the border with the North. The broadcasts in the past have acted as irritants to Kim Jong-Un's regime. Pyongyang has threatened strikes against the loudspeaker units unless they were switched off. Pyongyang said the trash balloons were retaliation for similar missives sent northwards by South Korean activists. Earlier this week, the Free North Korea Movement had revealed that they had sent balloons carrying around 2,000 USB flash drives containing songs by South Korean singer Lim Young-woong, as well as other K-pop and K-dramas, into the North on May 10. (With inputs from agencies)

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Balloon war? South Korea flies balloons with anti-Kim Jong Un material, music flash drives into North Korea