Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement at 10:00 on July 16:

Twenty-nine large balloons sent by the scum in the ROK were discovered again on the southern border and in some deep areas of the DPRK at the dawn and in the morning of July 16.

Ten large balloons were found in Cholwon County, eight in Sinphyong County, five in Ichon County, four in Phangyo County, one in Koksan County and one in Phyonggang County, and specialized organs are now searching, disposing of and incinerating them.

Reports on founding leaflets have been also received in other various areas.

The specialized organs are busy with their work and people's inconvenience is increasing in many areas due to the blocking of relevant districts.

It seems that the situation we cannot overlook is coming.

We give the scum a stern warning again.

They should be ready for paying a gruesome and dear price.

If the ROK scum persist in their crude and dirty play, the mode of counteraction of the DPRK will inevitably be changed. -0-