Kim Jong Un’s sister jokes about junk balloons sent to South Korea: “It’s freedom of expression”

Kim Yo JongNorth Korean leader’s sisterKim Jong Un, This Wednesday, North Korea joked about balloons filled with “garbage” launched over South Korea, promising it was a “gift of truth” and a sign. “Freedom of Expression”.

“We respectfully ask for the understanding of the government” of South Korea, Kim said, responding to criticism from Seoul for sending the balloons.

Pyongyang has already warned of retaliation for launching a campaign against North Korea. Rejecting reports by South Korean officials that sending the balloons violated international law, Kim pointed out that Seoul abides by international rules “regarding the direction of the balloon’s flight.”

“They tried to spread pamphlets defaming our ideology and politically motivated rubbish and the system, and its various ideas stemming from the sewers (…) You should enjoy what they deserve,” said the North Korean Supreme Leader’s sister.

North Korea had warned over the weekend that it would retaliate in some form for lobbying by South Korean activists. This Wednesday, Seoul announced the arrival of about 260 balloons filled with “trash.”

He South Korean Army It said on Wednesday that more than 90 balloons sent by the Kim Jong-un regime were filled with waste.

The balloons were found late Tuesday when the military began looking UFOs In border areas of South Korean provinces Jeongyee And GangwonAccording to the Joint Staff (JCS) report.

The balloons landed in different places in Gyeonggi and Gangwon, but also in the district guru In Seoul or Central Province South Chungcheong, Areas far from the Korean border.

The Army has advised residents of these areas not to touch the balloons or their contents and to report any sightings to Army or police officials.

For years, human rights organizations – mainly led by North Korean defectors – have sent anti-North Korean leaflets on balloons in South Korea.

Joint Chiefs of Staff detected unidentified flying objects in the border areas of South Korea’s Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces.

Last Sunday, North Korea’s Deputy Minister of National Security, Kim Kong-il, The campaign agency released the report it collected KCNA In it he condemned recent balloon launches by activists and promised a response “Eye for action.”

“Piles of used paper and waste will soon be scattered throughout the borderlands and interior of the Republic of Korea (the official name for the South), and you’ll experience firsthand how much effort it takes to clean them up.” Added text.

The two Koreas were technically at war between 1950 and 1953 because they were closed between 1950 and 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

Earlier in the year, the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-unIt declared South Korea a major national enemy and removed the goal of reunification from the constitution.

Since then, the regime, which for years has refused to restart talks on disarmament, has removed many of the symbolic elements in the country that called for the need to seek peaceful reunification, also marking an important diplomatic turn. An intense rapprochement with Russia over the past year.

(With information from EP, EFE and AFP)