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Incheon airport suspends flights after North Korean balloons endanger aircraft

One trash balloon landed at Seoul’s main airport early Wednesday, following DPRK’s overnight launch of 250 balloons

Update at 9:34 p.m. June 26 to include statement from ROK military on North Korea’s seventh balloon launch, and at 12:22 a.m. June 27 to include further details  

South Korea’s largest international airport suspended all flights for three hours early Wednesday morning, after concluding that North Korea’s latest launch of trash-carrying balloons posed safety risks to aircraft.

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