Seoul says North Korea has resumed balloon launches likely to drop trash in South Korea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea. A Joint Chiefs of Staff statement says the balloons are moving south. It asks South Korean citizens not to touch North Korean balloons and report them to military and police authorities. The military doesn’t say how it would respond to new balloon launches. The launches came days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a major defense deal that observers worry could embolden Kim to direct more provocations at South Korea.