Pyongyang has sent balloons south of the border since May but this was the first to get close to the head of state.
Trash balloons sent by North Korea have landed in South Korea's presidential compound in Seoul, raising security concerns in the south over Pyongyang's provocations.South Korea's presidential security service deployed its 'chemical, biological and radiological response team' to collect the trash balloons, said AFP.Wednesday was the first time the HQ of South Korean head of state Yoon Suk Yeol had been hit by the recent sustained aerial refuse bombardment.
'There will be no change in our policy of collecting them after they have fallen.'Meanwhile, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Pyongyang's actions 'clearly violate international law and seriously threaten the safety of our citizens,' CNN reported.South Korea's presidential security service said that none of the trash that fell on the ground near Yoon's offices had any dangerous material and no one was hurt.
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