SEOUL: Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound on Wednesday (Jul 24), security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the esc
South Korea n military officers check unidentified objects believed to be North Korea n trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul hit the South Korea n presidential compound on Wednesday , security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilise chemical response teams in the escalating tit-for-tat propaganda war.
"The chemical, biological and radiological response team has safely collected the trash balloons," the presidential security service told AFP. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff had earlier confirmed the North was once again sending the trash-carrying balloons, while Seoul city authorities also issued an alert Wednesday morning.
The two Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950 to 1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
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