Tensions are escalating on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea has launched approximately 500 balloons carrying trash into South Korea over the past 24 hours, according to a Reuters report. These balloons have caused significant disruptions, including grounding flights and sparking a fire on a residential building’s roof. This latest move is part of Pyongyang’s ongoing propaganda campaign targeting North Korean defectors and activists in the South, who frequently send balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets, medicine, money, and USB sticks loaded with K-pop videos and dramas. A suspected balloon, reportedly, led…