Yoon claims that the North Korean balloon launch and the agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang are “anachronistic” acts

June 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denounced this Tuesday that North Korea’s sending of balloons with waste and that the agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, which includes a cooperation pact at the level of military technology, are “anachronistic” acts. “that go against the progress of history.

“Recently, North Korea has not hesitated to undertake such despicable and irrational provocations by distributing garbage balloons. Last week it signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation treaty with Russia, which started the war in Ukraine, and promised to strengthen military and economic cooperation in flagrant violation of UN Security Council resolutions. These are nothing more than anachronistic acts,” he declared.

Yoon has assured that his Army “will maintain a firm disposition to ensure that North Korea does not dare to challenge South Korea under any circumstances and will respond overwhelmingly and decisively to any provocation from the North,” according to statements collected by the agency. Yonhap news.

NEW LAUNCH OF MORE THAN 300 BALLOONS

The South Korean authorities have denounced this Tuesday a new launch of more than 300 North Korean balloons with debris inside, the sixth action of this type in just a month and which takes place after the launch of pamphlets against the leader of South Korea. North, Kim Jong Un, by defectors from the other side of the border.

The South Korean Army has indicated that around a hundred of the balloons have fallen in the capital, Seoul, and in the northern part of Gyeonggi province, close to the border between the two Koreas. An analysis has shown that they did not contain toxic substances.

In addition, it has threatened to resume propaganda broadcasts through loudspeakers “at any time” and has warned that the implementation of said psychological warfare would depend on the action of North Korea.

Last Friday, Kim Yong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, asked to send more such balloons after North Korean defectors dropped propaganda leaflets. Since last May 28, North Korean authorities have launched nearly 2,000 balloons.