MOSCOW (Sputnik) – North Korean defectors in South Korea will face grave consequences if they continue to send leaflet-carrying balloons into the North’s territory, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday.
A total of 29 large balloons were spotted in the border areas and in some regions deep into North Korea on Tuesday, she said in a statement, adding that relevant authorities were conducting searches, removing the fallen objects and burning them.
«It seems that the situation we cannot overlook is coming. We give the scum a stern warning again. They should be ready for paying a gruesome and dear price,» Kim said in a statement published by the North Korean KCNA news agency.
South Korea resumed propaganda broadcasts through loudspeakers along the border with North Korea in response to Pyongyang sending trash-filled balloons into the South for the first time since 2016,. North Korea has retaliated by sending an additional batch of balloons.
