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News North Korea threaten balloon launches with ‘cannons or missiles’S. Korea refuses to change stance on preventing leaflet launches despite threats, court ruling North Korean state media on Monday carried a threat to shoot down balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets with "cannons or missiles." The threat, part of a report from the DPRK’s foreign news service Urimizokkiri, also contained a reference to a previous October incident when North Korean soldiers fired small arms at balloons launched from South Korea. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |