Seoul Warns of Military Actions Over North Korea Trash Balloons
- Kim’s regime has floated more than 5,500 balloons since May
- Balloons disrupted Incheon airport operations, caused fires
Pieces of North Korean sweet wrappers and paper suspected to be from trash balloons sent from North Korea, in Seoul on July 24.
Photographer: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
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South Korea warned of possible military actions if North Korea continues to fly more trash balloons across the border, a rare direct threat of retaliation since Pyongyang started sending them in May.
The latest batch of trash-filled balloons disrupted operations at South Korea’s main Incheon International Airport for more than 90 minutes Monday and comes as tensions along the heavily-militarized Korea border have grown in recent months.