ing a “crisis of confrontation”.
“This is a prelude to a very dangerous situation,” Kim said in a statement carried by state media on Sunday.
The latest balloons carried only scrap paper and plastic, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, unlike previous batches that carried unsanitary material such as manure, toilet paper and cigarette butts.
Military officials said they did not detect any balloons floating in the air as of 8:30am.
South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts hours earlier in response to the North sending more than 1,000 rubbish-carrying balloons in recent weeks.
The broadcasts have in the past included international news and K-pop, both of which are restricted by the Kim regime.
Seoul halted the broadcasts in 2018 during a period of inter-Korean rapprochement initiated by former President Moon Jae-in, the predecessor of the conservative incumbent, Yoon Seok-yeol.
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