South Korea blasted loudspeakers near border areas with North Korea in response to Pyongyang's latest launch of trash-carrying balloons, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.

North Korea resumed flying balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Thursday, the South's military said, days after it vowed to respond to what it called repeated South Korean civilian leafleting campaigns in the North.

South Korea says North Korea has launched balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea

Kim Jong Un's regime has found a new way to annoy its southern neighbor - by launching balloons carrying garbage towards South Korea. According to the Associated Press, South Korea's military reported on Thursday that balloons "likely carrying trash" were spotted flying north of Seoul.

According to the South Korean military, North Korea resumed sending flying balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Thursday. The step was reportedly taken in response to South Korean activists sending political leaflets to the North.