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Kim Yo Jong warns Seoul of 'new counteraction', sends more trash balloons

In the past few weeks, tensions between North and South Korea escalated after Pyongyang began to send balloons filled with trash such as cigarette butts, toilet paper and more over the border into Seoul as a response to the anti-north leaflets sent by activists in the South. Following the balloon crisis, the South Korean government suspended its 2018 military treaty with the North, which aimed to reduce tensions at the border.