Some trash balloons were equipped with timed poppers that could cause fires.
A firefighter extinguishing a trash-carrying balloon, sent by North Korea, after it fell on the rooftop of a villa in Goyang, South Korea, on July 24.
The balloons are part of an ongoing propaganda campaign by Pyongyang against North Korean defectors and activists in the South,Balloons have affected traffic at South Korea's main international airport, Incheon, several times in recent weeks. South Korea's military said some trash balloons were equipped with timed poppers that could cause fires.
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