KIM Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned that Pyongyang would soon resume sending trash balloons to its neighboring country in response to the anti-Pyongyang leaflet.
Last month, North Korea floated numerous balloons carrying various rubbish, cigarette butts, and even manure toward South Korea after activists scattered anti-Pyongyang political leaflets on its border.
In response, South Korea suspended a 2018 inter-Korea military deal designed to lower tensions at the border. Seoul also resumed propaganda broadcasts and frontline live-fire military drills at border areas.
For years, North Korean defectors have deployed huge balloons containing anti-Pyongyang leaflets, USB sticks containing K-pop songs and South Korean drama, as well as U.S. dollar bills toward North Korea.
Kim Yo Jong warned activists they must be ready to pay a high price for such acts.
SoKor to target North Korea’s drones with “Star Wars” laser
Meanwhile, South Korea announced plans to
to expand its laser program designed to hire larger targets including aircraft and ballistic missiles.
These plans include the production of the so-called Star Wars laser weapons that can shoot down drones deployed by North Korea for a low cost.
The weapon works by burning engines or other electric equipment in drones with beams of light for 10 to 20 seconds.
The strategy developed by Hanwha Aerospace (Hanwha)will only cost around $1.45 (2,000 won) per shot, according to South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
The Star Wars project will make South Korea the world’s first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military.
