North Korea threaten balloon launches with ‘cannons or missiles’

S. Korea refuses to change stance on preventing leaflet launches despite threats, court ruling

North Korean state media on Monday carried a threat to shoot down balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets with "cannons or missiles."The threat, part of a report from the DPRK’s foreign news service Urimizokkiri, also contained a reference to a previous October incident when North Korean soldiers fired small arms at balloons launched from South Korea."(North Korea) will aim at and attack any balloons or unmanned drones carrying leaflets … don't hide that the response could be not just a few shots of gunfire but it could be cannons or missiles," the Uriminzokkiri article reads."Leaflet scattering is a