SEOUL: A trash balloon from North Korea landed on a Seoul building rooftop and caused a fire, a local fire department said on Monday (Sep 16), among thousands of balloons Pyongyang has sent southward this year, spa
A plastic bag carrying various objects, including what appeared to be trash, is pictured in Seoul on Jun 2, 2024, after it crossed the inter-Korean border with a balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea . SEOUL: A trash balloon from North Korea landed on a Seoul building rooftop and caused a fire, a local fire department said on Monday , among"At around 9.
The bags attached to those balloons contained"mostly paper and plastic waste", the JCS said, adding that they posed no safety risk to the public.suspended a tension-reducing military deal "We have seen it being described as a 'timer explosion', but we would like to explain again that the method is where a thermal timer heats the balloon's material, causing it to tear apart in mid-air," he added.
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