North Korea leader's sister warns of new response against the South's loudspeakers, leaflets<br /><br />Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of the North Korean leader, warned of a new response against South Korea if the South kept on loudspeaker broadcasts and scattering leaflets amid simmering tensions, state media said on Sunday, June 9.<br /><br />"If the ROK simultaneously carries out the leaflet scattering and loudspeaker broadcasting provocation over the border, it will undoubtedly witness the new counteraction of the DPRK," Kim Yo Jong said in a statement late on Sunday carried by state news agency KCNA<br /><br />South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding that Pyongyang stop sending balloons carrying trash into the South.<br /><br />The decision to resume the broadcasts, as a form of psychological warfare, was made after North Korea began launching on Saturday, June 8 about 330 balloons with trash attached, with about 80 of them dropping over the border, South Korea's military said. <br /><br />Video by REUTERS<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br /> <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#tmtnews <br />#northkorea <br />#southkorea
