Balloons containing North Korean debris disrupt flights in Seoul

Seoul authorities announced today (Thursday) about 500 balloons containing garbage from North Korea to South Korea’s airspace in the last 24 hours, which caused disruption to the flight of planes and a fire on the roof. It is a residential building.

Reuters news agency wrote: The sending of these balloons is part of Pyongyang’s propaganda campaign against North Korean activists and dissidents in South Korea, who continuously send balloons with items such as anti-Pyongyang pamphlets and USBs containing popular South Korean music and movies. .

According to an official of the South Korean Airports Company, a suspicious balloon prevented flights from landing and taking off at Seoul’s Gimpo Airport for 2 hours on Wednesday evening.

In recent weeks, these balloons have repeatedly disrupted traffic at Seoul’s main Incheon International Airport.

An official at the North Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, a province near Seoul, also said: A balloon caught fire on top of a residential building and firefighters extinguished it.

The South Korean military has announced that the balloons carrying the garbage are equipped with timed sound devices that can lead to fires.

Earlier on Wednesday, North Korea once again sent garbage balloons to its southern neighbor, and according to reports, some of them landed in the compound of the presidential office and the Ministry of Defense of South Korea.

Officials in this country said that they did not find any dangerous items and collected the garbage.