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North Korean trash balloon lands inside South Korean presidential compound

ROK authorities say contents posed no danger after Pyongyang carries out 10th balloon barrage to date
Jeongmin Kim | Joon Ha Park July 24, 2024
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North Korean trash balloon lands inside South Korean presidential compound
Yoon Suk-yeol at the Presidential Office compound in May 2024 (left), North Korean trash balloons (right) | Images: ROK Presidential Office, JCS, edited by NK News

A North Korean trash balloon landed inside the South Korean Presidential Office compound on Wednesday morning, raising alarm following the DPRK’s tenth balloon launch to date.

The Presidential Security Service told NK News that it identified the balloons inside the Yongsan compound in cooperation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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Joon Ha Park is a Junior Correspondent at Korea Risk Group and has previously written on issues related to the two Koreas at The Peninsula Report.

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