SEOUL — North Korea has resumed sending balloons filled with rubbish across the border into the South, Seoul's military said Sunday, in apparent reference to the South restarting loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts.

The two Koreas have engaged in a retaliatory balloon campaign, with the North sending nearly 2,000 trash-carrying balloons southwards since May, saying it is in response to propaganda balloons instigated by South Korean activists.

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