"Boom boom" in the sky...Trash balloons, why did they explode in the air?

The YTN office building in Sangam-dong, Seoul also witnessed a garbage balloon explosion
Found all over Seoul...Fall of debris after explosion at low altitude
From pieces of paper to black objects...Civil unrest is growing.

[Anchor]
North Korea sprayed garbage balloons in two days early today (4th), and this time, citizens were anxious because they were seen exploding in the air one after another.

There is also an interpretation that North Korea is trying to increase the intensity of the threat based on improved technology.

I'm a reporter for the department head.

[Reporter]
A North Korean garbage balloon appeared over the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul.

I thought I was floating quietly, but suddenly I burst out laughing,

Sparkling debris is scattered everywhere.

"It's falling!"

Around the same time, garbage balloons were seen bursting near YTN's office building in Sangam-dong, Seoul.

Not only here, but also in Gwanghwamun and Myeongdong,
In the Gangnam area across the
River, North Korean garbage balloons were seen exploding one after another.

Some of the balloons burst so close to the ground that they could be clearly seen with a slight zoom in on the camera that their contents were scattered.

" something is falling! (Oh, it's true!))"

From small pieces of paper to unidentified black objects, they fell in the air in droves.

For the 24th time this year alone, garbage balloons are no longer unfamiliar, but this time, anxiety has grown as a series of images have been seen exploding in the sky.

I was worried that the debris falling in the middle of the city at a high speed might cause damage such as casualties, damage to objects, fires, or aircraft delays.

[Jeong Ha-jung / Mapo-dong, Seoul: The balloon burst and flew like powder, so I put a lot of trash in a black plastic bag.]

Some analysts say that North Korea may be trying to increase tensions based on improved spraying technology.

[Cho Han-beom / Chair Researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification: To increase the effectiveness, we have a device that separates balloons and leaflets from the sky. In recent cases, North Korea's leaflet spraying technology has advanced considerably.]

[Shin Seung-ki / Director of North Korea Military Research at the Korea Institute of Defense: Since our people are used to it to some extent, it may be a form of raising the level of provocation in a different way.]

Meanwhile, North Korean defectors' organizations said they released plastic bags containing plastic bottles containing rice, mobile storage devices with K-pop videos, and ramen to the north in Ganghwa Island, Incheon.

It was a response to North Korea's indiscriminate distribution of garbage balloons, and the joint activities of North Korean defector groups have been in four months since June.

I'm the manager of YTN.