Trash from at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities.
Trash from at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities from North Korean provocations. The rubbish that fell on the ground at the compound in central Seoul contained no dangerous material and no one was hurt, South Korea’s presidential security service said.
The more than 2,000 North Korean balloons discovered in South Korea in the past weeks carried wastepaper, scraps of cloth, cigarette butts and even manure. The North has said it was responding to South Korean activists scattering political leaflets across the border via their own balloons. The North’s balloons haven’t caused major damage but have raised security jitters among people worried Pyongyang could use such balloons to drop chemical and biological agents.
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