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Balloons spark South Korea alert | Balloons spark South Korea alert |
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A resident thought the balloons were parachutes | A resident thought the balloons were parachutes |
Balloons released by schoolchildren sparked a major security alert in South Korea, reports say, amid heightened tensions with North Korea. | Balloons released by schoolchildren sparked a major security alert in South Korea, reports say, amid heightened tensions with North Korea. |
A resident of Ansan, near Seoul, reported seeing 40-50 objects resembling parachutes falling on a mountainside. | A resident of Ansan, near Seoul, reported seeing 40-50 objects resembling parachutes falling on a mountainside. |
The military and police mobilised a special joint task force. | The military and police mobilised a special joint task force. |
Upon investigation, the objects turned out to be helium balloons released by a local school. | Upon investigation, the objects turned out to be helium balloons released by a local school. |
Tensions between North and South Korea have been running high since the sinking of a South Korean warship earlier this year. Seoul said the ship was torpedoed by Northern forces. | Tensions between North and South Korea have been running high since the sinking of a South Korean warship earlier this year. Seoul said the ship was torpedoed by Northern forces. |
In another incident earlier this month, an alert was raised after an explosion was heard on Yeonpyeong island, near the sea border with North Korea, and a diving suit was found on a shoreline, the JoongAng newspaper reported. | In another incident earlier this month, an alert was raised after an explosion was heard on Yeonpyeong island, near the sea border with North Korea, and a diving suit was found on a shoreline, the JoongAng newspaper reported. |
A joint military and police investigation found that the diving suit was abandoned by a fisherman and that the explosion had been caused by a South Korea mine, the paper said. |