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Pyongyang claims Seoul setting fire to North Korean forests

No comment from defector activist groups involved in recent fires, injuring South Koreans

Pyongyang on Thursday claimed Seoul is sending balloons loaded with “ignition devices” to their forests, aiming to set fire and cause tremendous material damage and environmental disasters to weaken them.

The defector activist group Voice of the People, which recently caused injuries to South Koreans with flammable hydrogen balloons, did not answer NK News’ inquiry on the issue.

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