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Incheon Airport suspends flights after North Korean balloons endanger planes

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Updated at 9:35 p.m. to include a statement from the South Korean military regarding North Korea’s seventh balloon launch.

South Korea’s largest international airport suspended all flights for three hours early Wednesday morning after concluding that North Korea’s recent launch of garbage balloons posed a safety risk to aircraft.

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