North Korea Launches Trash-Filled Balloons Over South Korea

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U.S. troops in South Korea received an air raid warning due to North Korea sending balloons filled with human waste across the border, in retaliation for South Korean activists sending anti-North Korean leaflets. The warning did not require sheltering, and no balloons landed on U.S. military installations. The incident highlights ongoing tensions on the Korean peninsula, with North Korea also conducting recent ballistic missile tests.
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