South Korea threatens new broadcasts as North launches more rubbish balloons

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called North Korea’s rubbish-carrying balloon activities ‘a despicable and irrational provocation’ (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

South Korea has threatened to restart anti-Pyongyang frontline propaganda broadcasts in the latest bout of Cold War-style campaigns between the rivals after North Korea resumed its rubbish-carrying balloon launches.

On Monday night, North Korea floated huge balloons carrying plastic bags of rubbish across the border in its fifth such campaign since late May – an apparent response to South Korean activists flying political leaflets via balloons.