Flying object from N. Korea identified as balloon: S. Korea

An unidentified flying object from North Korea that prompted the South Korean military to fire dozens of rounds of warning shots a day earlier turned out to be a propaganda balloon flown by the North, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said Wednesday.The incident came amid raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the recent series of ballistic missile launches by North Korea in defiance of international warnings.Based on analysis done by surveillance equipment, the ministry concluded that the object was a balloon that had been used by the North to fly anti-South Korea leaflet…READ FULL ARTICLE