to its neighbour in retaliation for activists in south korea sending balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to the north. in less than two hours time, mexicans will begin to vote in elections which are almost certain to see the country s first female president elected. 0pinion polls put both the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, well ahead of the only male candidate. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. south africa s anc says it is willing to talk to all political parties to create a coalition government after it lost its parliamentary majority in the elections for the first time in 30 years. its secretary general, fikile mbalula, said his party had nothing to celebrate from the election but was not down and out. he denied underestimating the threat from former presidentjacob zuma. mr zuma s mk party got almost 15%
into south korea. the military in the south say some 600 balloons were sent over the weekend, many of which landed in the capital seoul. on wednesday, pyongyang began sending sacks of waste paper, cigarette butts and excrement to its neighbour, in retaliation for activists in south korea sending balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to the north. ticketmaster said it s working to mitigate the risk to customers, after hackers claimed to have stolen the details of more than 560 million users. the company confirmed unauthorised activity on its database, but has not said how many people are affected. our business reporter simon browning has the latest.
despite his conviction. mr trump was found guilty by a jury on thursday of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments made to a former adult film actress. north korea has continued to fly balloons carrying large sacks of rubbish over the border into south korea. the military in the south say some 600 balloons were sent over the weekend, many of which landed in the capital seoul. on wednesday, pyongyang began sending sacks of waste paper, cigarette butts and excrement to its neighbour, in retaliation for activists in south korea sending balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to the north. in south africa, the party once led by nelson mandela, the african national congress, has had its worst election result, since the end of apartheid three decades ago. it means a fresh political landscape for the country, with the anc, losing support because of anger over the cost of living, high levels of corruption, unemployment and crime. barbara plett usher,
North Korea criticized rival South Korea on Wednesday for removing a law that banned private activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North, insisting that such activities amount to psychological warfare and threatening to respond with a “shower of shells.” The statement published by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency was the first time state media commented on the September decision by South Korea’s Constitutional Court to invalidate a 2020 law that criminalized leafleting. The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South.
The issue of propaganda loudspeakers along the border may re-emerge as an area of disagreement between South and North Korea, in the wake of Pyongyang s claim that Seoul has resumed the use of loudspeaker broadcasts. Diplomatic observers say the loudspeaker issue could ratchet up tensions further on the Korean Peninsula.