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Kim Jong-un’s sister issues ‘gruesome’ threat to South Korea over balloons
- ‘We give the scum a stern warning’, Kim Yo-jong said – indicating Pyongyang may raise the stakes in its balloon warfare campaign
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The sister of North Korea’s leader warned Seoul there would be “a gruesome” price to pay over anti-Pyongyang leaflets floated across the border, indicating her country may raise the stakes after sending trash-laden balloons to South Korea.
“We give the scum a stern warning again”, Kim Yo-jong was quoted by official media as saying. “They should be ready for paying a gruesome and dear price,” the Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Kim Jong-un’s younger sister has been the face of pressure campaigns against South Korea and the US. Her threats have at times been followed by action from Pyongyang, which has sent more than 2,000 balloons carrying trash across the border since late May to show its anger at actions by the South Korean government and activist groups.
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For decades, the activist groups – many staffed by North Korean defectors who have settled in South Korea – have floated balloons carrying leaflets denouncing the Kim family that has ruled North Korea since its founding. Batches of balloons have also carried US dollar bills, bags of rice and USB sticks with K-pop music to entice North Koreans to pick up the contents.
Kim Yo-jong said more balloons were found on Tuesday that were sent from the South Korean side and contained leaflets. The contents were rounded up by a specialised agency and incinerated, KCNA said.
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Authorities in Seoul said last month that parasites associated with faecal matter have been found in the trash-laden balloons from North Korea, along with clothing such as underwear, neckties and socks.
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