[RYAN ROBERTSON]

TENSIONS ARE TICKING UP AS NORTH KOREA CONTINUES TO PLAY DIRTY GAMES WITH SOUTH KOREA

THE LATEST DEED IS RAISING EVEN GREATER SECURITY CONCERNS FOR THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT.

FOR THE NINTH TIME–PYONGYANG SENT OVER A ROUND OF TRASH-FILLED BALLOONS 

BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME– THEY LANDED IN SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENTIAL COMPOUND, VIOLATING A NO-FLY ZONE PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT.

THE BREACH INTO THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICES IN SEOUL PROMPTED THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY SERVICE TO DISPATCH ITS “CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL TEAM” TO PICK UP THE BALLOONS.

SOUTH KOREA’S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SAID THE NORTH’S ACTIONS “CLEARLY VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SERIOUSLY THREATEN THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.”

THOUGH OFFICIALS SAY NONE OF THE TRASH CONTAINED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.

 THEY EXPLAINED THE OBJECTS WERE NOT SHOT DOWN IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CONTENTS WITHIN THE BALLOONS.

RESIDENTS ARE ROUTINELY WARNED NOT TO TOUCH FALLEN BALLOONS AND REPORT THEM TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE CONTENTS OF THE BALLOONS VARIES– FROM SOIL FILLED WITH HUMAN FECES AND MANURE, TO WASTEPAPER AND CIGARETTES.

NORTH KOREA SENT OVER THOUSANDS OF WASTE-FILLED BALLOONS SINCE MAY IN RETALIATION FOR SOUTH KOREAN ACTIVISTS SENDING OVER ANTI-PYONGYANG LEAFLETS AND THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT BLASTING K-POP RECORDINGS ALONG THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE BETWEEN THE NATIONS

A PREVIOUS BATCH OF BALLOONS FROM NORTH KOREA – PROMPTED SEOUL TO BLAST K-POP ON ITS LOUDSPEAKERS NEAR THE BORDER FOR 10 HOURS.

K-POP AND K-DRAMA ARE BANNED BY DICTATOR KIM JONG UN IN NORTH KOREA.

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