massive barrage of north korean trash balloons about 1,000 balloons floating full of filth and garbage, some 15 tonnes of trash raining down on residents all over south korea. in recent days the first wave of trash balloons triggering ominous cell phone alerts i knew me. >> you don't love when and why are they sending things like this? i'm worried that they license something dangerous kim yo jong, younger sister of the north korean leader, issued a statement calling the balloons a form of freedom of expression. a response to south korean activists who'd been sending balloons to north korea for years carrying leaflets condemning kim's government south korea's speedy response, possibly sending propaganda blaring loudspeakers back to the dmz, the heavily armed border, dividing the two koreas soul suspending the 2018 inter-korean military agreement a deal to dial down tensions