South Korean soldiers in uniform stand in the road, with two balloons atop a utility pole in the background.
Balloons hang on utility poles.
  • North Korea floated hundreds of balloons filled with garbage and feces across its southern border.
  • It had vowed retaliation after South Korean activists sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border.
  • The North's balloons contained fertilizer, NBC reported, but not human excrement.

North Korea floated balloons carrying garbage and feces into South Korea last week, officials in Seoul said.

The obnoxious floating orbs were an apparent retaliation against South Korean activists who'd flown anti-Pyongyang leaflets and USB drives containing K-pop music over the border.