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South Korea plans to nullify peace deal to punish North Korea over balloons carrying manure, trash
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South Korea plans to nullify peace deal to punish North Korea over balloons carrying manure, trash

  • By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

South Korea says it'll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons. The South Korean announcement Monday came a day after North Korea said it would halt its balloon campaign. Observers say South Korea needs the 2018 deal's suspension to restart blasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts, K-pop songs and outside news from border loudspeakers. They say such broadcasts have previously stung in the rigidly controlled North. In the past several days, North Korea flew hundreds of balloons to drop trash and manure on South Korea in reaction against previous South Korean civilian leafleting campaigns.