North Korean Filth Balloons Blow Up Peace Deal With the South

South Korea on Monday announced it will suspend a military deal signed with North Korea in order to punish Kim Jong Un’s regime for sending waves of balloons carrying garbage and excrement over the border.

Almost 1,000 balloons floated southwards across the fortified border dividing the Korean peninsula since Thursday, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, prompting a furious response from Seoul which vowed to take “unbearable” retaliatory measures on Sunday. North Korea announced it would stop sending the balloons hour after the threat over the weekend, but the South is now poised to take punitive action regardless.

South Korea’s National Security Council said it would suspend a 2018 inter-Korean agreement which had aimed to reduce tensions along the border. The presidential council said it would seek cabinet approval to suspend the agreement Tuesday and noted that the suspension would allow South Korea’s military to conduct drills close to the border.

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