North Korea to float about 20 trash balloons against South Korea...The new sanctions monitoring system has also been slammed.

[Anchor]
While our intelligence authorities officially confirmed the dispatch of North Korean troops to help Russia, North Korea resumed provocations with trash balloons against the South in eight days.

He also criticized the newly launched sanctions monitoring system led by South Korea, the U.S., and Japan.

I'll connect with a reporter to hear more about it.

Reporter Lee Jong Won, have you counted how many balloons North Korea has sent since last night?

[Reporter]
Yes, North Korea was found to have provided more than 20 trash balloons to the South from last night to early this morning.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said more than 10 drops were found in Gangwon Province, but most of them were free from harmful substances such as paper and vinyl.

He also explained that there are no additional balloons that can be identified.

North Korea's balloon provocation is the first in eight days since the 11th.

Since late May, garbage balloons have been blown away, claiming that it is a response to North Korean leaflets, and the cumulative number has reached 29 times so far.

In particular, yesterday, North Korea claimed to have found the remains of drones of the same type as drones operated by the South Korean military in Pyongyang in connection with the alleged infiltration of South Korean drones.

On the same day, they resumed provocations with trash balloons against the South.

The South Korean military said it could not confirm the North's drone claim and that it was not worth responding to.

[Anchor]
In the meantime, North Korea has also issued a statement criticizing the new sanctions monitoring system?

[Reporter]
Yes, the Korean Central News Agency released Foreign Minister Choi Sun-hee's statement today.

In his statement, Foreign Minister Choi criticized the multinational sanctions monitoring team led by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, saying that MSMT is illegal and illegal and that countries that participate will surely pay.

MSMT, which was launched on the 16th by 11 countries, including South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, is a replacement for the expert panel under the U.N. Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee, which ended its activities in April due to Russia's refusal to extend its term.

Foreign Minister Choi argued that U.S.-led sanctions on North Korea are by no means a new experience, but a threat that shakes the foundation of international relations.

At the same time, he threatened that if the United States tried to move the world with coercion and tyranny, it would speed up the emergence of a global anti-American solidarity.

Foreign Minister Choi reiterated the U.S. responsibility, saying the U.S. will be responsible for the alleged infiltration of South Korean drones.

I'm Lee Jongwon of YTN in the political department.