The balloons are retaliation for defectors sending over balloons carrying food, medicine, money.
South Korean soldiers examine objects including what appears to be trash from a balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, in Incheon, on June 2.
One balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger Terminal 2 and the three runways at Incheon were temporarily shut down, the spokesperson said. Several balloons were spotted in and around the airport boundaries, the spokesperson said, adding that this was not the first time operations at the airport – which is about 40km from the North Korean border – had been disrupted by balloons nearby.
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