North Korea Releases Another Trash Balloon Just Three Days After Kim Yo-jong's Warning

Kim Yo-jong: "There Will Be Tasks That Don't Need to Be Done"

North Korea has once again launched filth balloons toward South Korea.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced at 9:26 p.m. on the 24th through a message distributed to the Ministry of National Defense press corps, stating, "North Korea is once again releasing objects presumed to be filth balloons toward South Korea," and "Currently, the wind direction is northwest, moving from the northern Gyeonggi region toward the southeast." A JCS official urged, "Please be cautious of falling payloads, and if you find any fallen balloons, do not touch them and report to the nearest military unit or police."

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North Korea's filth balloon release comes three days after Labor Party Vice Director Kim Yo-jong's 'resumption warning.' The military authorities have been monitoring the situation closely, anticipating that North Korea would resume filth balloon launches due to the forecast of north or northwest winds starting that day.

Earlier, the Free North Korea Movement Alliance claimed that on the 20th, they released 20 large balloons carrying leaflets, USB flash drives, and one-dollar bills over the Paju area in Gyeonggi Province. The next day, Vice Director Kim Yo-jong indicated a policy of retaliating with filth balloons, saying, "Since they clearly did what we told them not to do again, it is natural that there will be tasks that do not need to be done."

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