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North Korea sends more trash balloons as Kim’s sister warns of ‘new counteraction’

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri, on the newest of 6 developments

By Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — North Korea sent a new wave of trash-laden balloons toward its southern neighbor late Sunday, after Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned of further responses if the South keeps up its “psychological warfare.

ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

6 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. North Korea says it will stop floating balloons of rubbish into South Korea

    Headline from Al Jazeera ·

  2. Tension between North and South Korea flares as South plans resumption of front-line military activities

    Headline from CBS News ·

  3. N.Korea again sends trash balloons to South: Seoul military

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

  4. Will North Korea Fly Trash Balloons into South Korea Again? A Look at Rising Tensions Between Them

    Headline from Military.com ·

  5. North Korea sends another wave of trash balloons into South Korea

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

  6. Newest

    North Korea sends more trash balloons as Kim’s sister warns of ‘new counteraction’

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

Reports & sources

40 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Daily Signal

    North Korea’s Bizarre Balloon Stratagem: Sending Trash to South Korea (opens The Daily Signal)

    Published

    The Daily Signal's feed description

    North Korea provokes with trash- and feces-filled balloons sent to South Korea, prompting security concerns and escalating tensions.

  2. Fox News

    North Korea agrees to stop sending balloons with manure, trash to South Korea (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    North Korea agreed to stop sending hundreds of balloons into South Korea. The balloons were said to be carrying manure, cigarette butts and other garbage.

  3. Al Jazeera

    North Korea says it will stop floating balloons of rubbish into South Korea (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    North Korea called its campaign a ‘countermeasure’ against propaganda leaflets sent by South Korean activists.

  4. Washington Times

    North Korea’s trash balloons deepen tensions with the South. Here’s what’s happening between rivals (opens Washington Times)

    Published

    Washington Times's feed description

    Animosities between North and South Korea are rising sharply again over an unusual cause: The North's rubbish-carrying balloons.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Are North Korea's trash balloons a sign of bigger tensions? – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

    Published

    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    South Korea has suspended a 2018 peace agreement and said it may resume propaganda broadcasts into the North after Pyongyang sent thousands of balloons carrying trash and human waste into the South.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Why did North Korea launch rubbish-laden balloons into South Korea? (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    S Korea suspends inter-Korean military agreement as tensions rise over N Korea’s launch of garbage-carrying balloons.

  7. CBS News

    Tension between North and South Korea flares as South plans resumption of front-line military activities (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    North Korea's recent launch of trash-carrying balloons drew a vow from South Korea of "unbearable" retaliation.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Are North Korea trash balloons a sign of bigger tensions? – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

    Published

    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    South Korea has suspended a 2018 peace agreement and said it may resume propaganda broadcasts into the North after Pyongyang sent thousands of balloons carrying trash and human waste into the South.

  9. Local News 8

    North Korea sent trash balloons to South Korea. Activists are sending balloons back with K-pop and K-dramas (opens Local News 8)

    Published

    Local News 8's feed description

    By Yoonjung Seo, Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean activists sent balloons carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks to their northern neighbor on Thursday, days after North Korean balloons of trash and “filth” floated in the opposite direction.

  10. Military.com

    Will North Korea Fly Trash Balloons into South Korea Again? A Look at Rising Tensions Between Them (opens Military.com)

    Published

    Military.com's feed description

    South Koreans were alert for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets in the North.

  11. Fox News

    South Korea remains vigilant for more North Korean trash balloons after vowing retaliation (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    South Korea remains alert for possible new launches of North Korean balloons carrying trash as tensions escalate between the neighboring countries.

  12. Digital Journal

    N.Korea again sends trash balloons to South: Seoul military (opens Digital Journal)

    Published

    Digital Journal's feed description

    North Korea on Saturday sent a new round of trash-laden balloons towards the South, Seoul's military said, after anti-Pyongyang activists in the South

  13. Digital Journal

    South Korea on alert for more trash balloons from the North (opens Digital Journal)

    Published

    Digital Journal's feed description

    South Korea's military said it was on alert for more trash-carrying balloons possibly arriving from North Korea on Sunday.In two waves last week, North

  14. KTVZ Bend

    North Korea sends another wave of trash balloons into South Korea (opens KTVZ Bend)

    Published

    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul (CNN) — North Korea has yet again sent hundreds of trash-laden balloons towards its southern neighbor, reigniting a tit-for-tat exchange after South Korean activists sent floating packages in the other direction carrying K-pop and K-dramas on USB sticks.

  15. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    North Korea resumes sending trash balloons to South Korea | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

    Published

    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    SEOUL >> North Korea has resumed sending balloons carrying trash over the border to South Korea, officials and news reports said on Sunday, a week after it vowed to continue if anti-North Korea leaflets are flown from the South.

  16. Newsweek

    South Korea responds to trash balloons from North (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    "The measures we will take may be unbearable for the North Korean regime," Seoul said.

  17. Daily Journal

    North Korea flies trash-carrying balloons to South Korea in another retaliation against leafletting (opens Daily Journal)

    Published

    Daily Journal's feed description

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea again in its third such campaign since late May, the South’s military said, just days after South Korean activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North.

  18. Green Field Reporter

    North Korea flies trash-carrying balloons to South Korea in another retaliation against leafletting - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea flew hundreds of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea again in its third such campaign since late May, the South’s military said, just days after South Korean activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North.

  19. Digital Journal

    N. Korea sends hundreds of trash-filled balloons in new blitz (opens Digital Journal)

    Published

    Digital Journal's feed description

    North Korea has sent hundreds more trash-filled balloons across the border in a fresh blitz, Seoul's military said Sunday, as the tit-for-tat balloon

  20. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    N. Koreans send more balloons toward South (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

    Published

    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea resumed flying balloons on Saturday in a likely attempt to drop trash on South Korea again, South Korea's military said, two days after Seoul activists floated their own balloons to scatter propaganda leaflets in the North.

  21. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    North Korea sends more trash balloons as Kim’s sister warns of ‘new counteraction’ (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

    Published

    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Yoonjung Seo, Mike Valerio and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — North Korea sent a new wave of trash-laden balloons toward its southern neighbor late Sunday, after Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned of further responses if the South keeps up its “psychological warfare.

  22. Washington Examiner

    South Korea blares K-pop at North Korea as payback for dirty balloons (opens Washington Examiner)

    Published

    Washington Examiner's feed description

    North Korea warned of a "new counteraction" on Monday and called South Korea's latest actions "a prelude to a very dangerous situation."

  23. WHDH Boston

    North Korea sends more trash balloons as Kim’s sister warns of ‘new counteraction’ - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

    Published

    WHDH Boston's feed description

    (CNN) — North Korea sent a new wave of trash-laden balloons toward its southern neighbor late Sunday, after Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister warned of further responses

  24. Al Jazeera

    North Korea sends more rubbish balloons to South after Kim sister’s threat (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Kim Yo Jong had warned of a ‘crisis of confrontation’ if South Korea did not halt propaganda broadcasts.

  25. Latin Times

    N. Korea Sends More Balloons As Kim's Sister Warns Of 'New Counteraction' (opens Latin Times)

    Published

    Latin Times's feed description

    The South Korean government this month fully suspended a 2018 tension-reducing military deal and restarted loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the border in response to Pyongyang's balloons,

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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