North Korea sends hundreds more rubbish-filled balloons to South Korea

(Im Sun-suk/Yonhap/AP)

North Korea has launched hundreds more rubbish-filled balloons towards the South after a similar campaign a few days earlier, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang called retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border.

Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, about 600 balloons flown from North Korea have been found in various parts of South Korea.