North Korea escalates tensions with another wave of trash-filled balloons

North Korea is once again sending South Korea balloons filled with rubbish. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the South Korean military reported on Saturday that the balloons are likely to fly towards the northern part of Gyeonggi Province, depending on changes in wind direction.

Gyeonggi is the most populated province in South Korea, and the country's capital, Seoul, is located within its area. According to the television station KBS World, this is the eleventh instance this year of sending rubbish-filled balloons from the North.

The JCS warned residents not to touch the landing balloons or their contents and to report their findings to the nearest police station or military unit.

The last time North Korea sent balloons with waste to South Korea was on 24 July, some of which landed on the grounds of the presidential office in the Yongsan district of Seoul.

Since late May, the communist North has sent over 3,000 balloons with bags filled with rubbish to the South, further escalating tensions between the two nations.

Among the rubbish were destroyed clothing and soil containing traces of human faeces and parasites. The Kim Jong Un regime claims that this is a response to South Korean organisations sending propaganda leaflets over its territory via balloons.