South Korea Vows to Take “Stern” Measures Against North Korea If Trash Balloons Start Fires
The ROK military claims stern measures will be taken if North Korea’s trash balloons start causing fires:
South Korea’s military on Monday vowed to take “stern” military measures should North Korea “cross the line” with its ongoing trash balloon campaign or inflict serious damage to the South Korean people.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) made the remark in a statement in response to the North’s repeated launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border, including those attached with timer devices that could potentially cause fires.
You can read more at the link, but it sounds like an empty threat to me. Really what is the ROK going to do in response, launch their own balloons that start fires in North Korea?
Not up to me to tell South Korea how to behave; but it might be an interesting experiment to just refuse to report on it anymore.
Act as though it wasn’t getting through.
And offer bonuses to people who reported it to government but not news agencies.
South Korean national security laws probably allow a certain amount of censorship. This would be a good time to exercise that, before the ill-mannered louts up north start lobbing grenades or worse.
And who is to say the poop they’re delivering isn’t infected with something worse than COVID-19 or Typhus?