1.5K Trash Balloons Have Descended on South Korea

Flights in and out of Incheon, South Korea, were paused for hours early Wednesday when balloons presumably sent by North Korea began descending on the city’s airport. More than 1,500 balloons carrying trash, excrement , dirt, worms, and “slashed ‘western’ clothes” have landed across the country since late May, per the BBC . On Wednesday, three runways at Incheon International Airport, about 25 miles from the North Korean border, were temporarily shut down after a balloon landed on the tarmac near Terminal 2, reports the Guardian . Several other balloons were seen in and around the airport, a rep said….