Pyongyang on Thursday claimed Seoul is sending balloons loaded with “ignition devices” to their forests, aiming to set fire and cause tremendous material damage and environmental disasters to weaken them.

The defector activist group Voice of the People, which recently caused injuries to South Koreans with flammable hydrogen balloons, did not answer NK News’ inquiry on the issue.

“Recently, we have discovered balloons containing inflammable materials, timers and electric detonating devices,” a spokesperson from North Korea’s Ministry of Land and Environment Protection said, as quoted by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday.

“According to the investigation by