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October 4, 2025

The balloons of the Pakistan commercial deficit almost 46% at 3.3 billion.

A representation picture shows a general view of the Karachi port. – AFP/file A deficit for the stress of foreign stocks, the volatility of fuel rupees, the special points. They say that the commercial gap of goods emphasizes the structural weakness of exports. Warden that the deficit can derail stabilization profits in the IMF program. Islamabad: Pakistan’s trade deficit reached 46% in September 2025 at $ 3.34 billion, official figures showed on Thursday, as imports increased and exports declined, increasing pressure on the country’s fragile overseas sector The news reported on Friday. The deficit, from $ 2.29 billion in September

September 7, 2024

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North Korea sends hundreds more junk balloons south: Seoul’s military

An unidentified object believed to be a North Korean garbage-filled balloon floats on the surface of the Han River. — AFP/File SEOUL: North Korea has floated hundreds of more garbage-filled balloons south, Seoul’s military said Saturday, the latest leap in the two countries’ provocation and propaganda campaigns. North Korea launched more than 900 debris balloons in the past three days, including about 190 late Friday, about 100 of which have already landed, mostly in Seoul and northern Gyeonggi province, South Korea’s General Staff said. The bags attached to the balloons contained “mainly paper and plastic debris,” the military said, adding

June 24, 2024

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A look inside North Korea’s trash, says South Korea

SEOUL: Among the trash ballooned across the border from the North were articles with Hello Kitty characters, worn clothes and soil containing traces of human feces and vermin, South Korea said Monday. North Korea has been flying balloons carrying garbage since late May, with hundreds landing in South Korea. South Korea deployed military explosives units and chemical and biological warfare teams to inspect the objects. The items also included clothes donated by the South that were cut and shredded, and general trash that appeared to have been hastily collected, the South’s Unification Ministry, which handles the North, said in a

June 3, 2024

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South Korea to suspend military pact with North over junk balloons

SEOUL: South Korea plans to suspend a military deal signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to Pyongyang’s launches of balloons carrying garbage in the South. North Korea launched hundreds of wind-blown balloons across the border that dumped debris across South Korea in what it called a provocation and rejected Pyongyang’s claim that it was done to annoy its neighbor. The National Security Council said it would put the plan to suspend the entire military deal for cabinet approval at a meeting on Tuesday. The

June 2, 2024

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South Korea promises ‘unbearable’ response to North’s trash

SEOUL: South Korea said on Sunday it would take “unbearable” measures against North Korea for sending garbage balloons over the border, which could include propaganda shouts from loudspeakers back to the North. The announcement from President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office followed a meeting of his National Security Council on a response to what Seoul said were more than 700 balloons carrying garbage that Pyongyang sent over the heavily fortified border to anger the rival her neighbor. The council condemned the balloons and GPS jamming as a “senseless act of provocation”. Seoul has not ruled out a repeat of the loudspeaker

May 30, 2024

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North Korea sends excrement-bearing balloons to South as ‘gift’

SEOUL: North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying garbage and excrement across the heavily fortified border with South Korea on Wednesday, calling them “gifts of sincerity,” prompting an angry response from Seoul, which said the act was base and dangerous. Photos released by the South Korean military showed inflated balloons with plastic bags tied to them. Other images appeared to show rubbish strewn around fallen balloons, with the word ‘feces’ written on a bag in one photo. By Wednesday afternoon, more than 260 balloons had been spotted and most of them had landed on the ground, carrying animal feces and

The balloons of the Pakistan commercial deficit almost 46% at 3.3 billion.

North Korea sends hundreds more junk balloons south: Seoul’s military

A look inside North Korea’s trash, says South Korea

South Korea to suspend military pact with North over junk balloons

South Korea promises ‘unbearable’ response to North’s trash

North Korea sends excrement-bearing balloons to South as ‘gift’

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