Entitled North Korean Tyrant’s Sister Is Always Up To Something
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, vowed on Sunday to retaliate against a new leafleting campaign by South Korean civilians, indicating that North Korea would soon resume sending balloons filled with trash across the border.
North Korea has resumed flying balloons carrying trash to South Korea Tuesday and Wednesday, the South Korean military said. Pyongyang also launched its hypersonic missile, but failed. These developments came after North Korea and Russia signed a major defense agreement recently. pic.twitter.com/P667a6ELaA
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Since late May, North Korea has been launching balloons at night carrying waste paper, cloth scraps, cigarette butts, and even manure towards South Korea. These actions were described as retaliation against South Korean activists who scatter political leaflets via balloons. No hazardous materials have been reported. In response, South Korea suspended a 2018 tension-reduction agreement with North Korea and resumed live-fire drills in border areas.
In a statement released by state media, Kim Yo Jong declared that “dirty leaflets and things of (the South Korean) scum” were discovered in border areas and other regions of North Korea on Sunday morning.
“Despite the repeated warnings of (North Korea), the (South Korean) scum are not stopping this crude and dirty play,” she stated.
“We have fully introduced our countermeasure in such a situation. The (South Korean) clans will be tired from suffering a bitter embarrassment and must be ready for paying a very high price for their dirty play,” Kim Yo Jong warned. The last time North Korea sent trash-carrying balloons towards South Korea was in late July. It was not immediately clear if, and from which South Korean activist groups, balloons had recently been sent to North Korea. For years, groups led by North Korean defectors have launched large balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets, USB sticks with K-pop songs and South Korean dramas, and U.S. dollar bills towards North Korea.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Sunday to respond to what she called a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign, signaling North Korea would soon resume flying trash-carrying balloons across the border. pic.twitter.com/Bs0itNt35v
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Experts suggest that North Korea sees these balloon campaigns as a severe provocation that could threaten its leadership since it prohibits official access to foreign news for most of its 26 million people. On June 9, South Korea redeployed massive loudspeakers along the border for the first time in six years and resumed anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts.
South Korean officials maintain that they do not restrict activists from sending leaflets to North Korea, adhering to a 2023 constitutional court ruling that overturned a controversial law criminalizing such activities, citing it as a violation of free speech.
Kim Yo Jong’s statement followed a day after North Korea’s Defense Ministry threatened to enhance its nuclear capabilities and warned the U.S. and South Korea of “an unimaginably harsh price” in reaction to new defense guidelines from its adversaries, which it claims indicate an intention to invade the North.
Kim Jong Un’s sister hints at resuming flying trash balloons to South Korea: Since late May, North Korea has floated numerous balloons carrying waste paper, scraps of cloth, cigarette butts and even manure toward South Korea. https://t.co/97RFEsv5wi pic.twitter.com/58xQLExk6H
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The world watches as the starving North Koreans have to put up with this family.
Major Points:
- Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, vowed to retaliate against South Korean civilians for a new leafleting campaign.
- North Korea has been sending balloons filled with trash towards South Korea since late May, in response to South Korean activists’ leaflet campaigns.
- South Korea suspended a 2018 tension-reduction deal and resumed live-fire drills in border areas in response to the balloon launches.
- North Korea sees these balloon campaigns as a significant provocation and has threatened severe retaliation, including enhancing its nuclear capabilities.
- South Korean officials uphold activists’ rights to send leaflets, following a 2023 constitutional court ruling that deemed such activities a matter of free speech.
Al Santana – Reprinted with permission of Whatfinger News
