"Garbage balloon heat timer, gunpowder, explosion level."

Regarding some media reports that North Korea is intentionally weaponizing garbage balloons, such as putting a heat timer on them, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it is not at that level.

Lee Sung-joon, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's press office, said at a regular briefing today that the heating timer heating wire attached to separate the contents from the garbage balloon has gunpowder, but it is not at the level of causing an explosion.

At the same time, he explained that just because a match catches fire, it does not mean that the match has exploded, so please understand that a very small amount of gunpowder helps to melt vinyl.

However, he stressed that if there is a substance that catches fire, such as a wildfire if it falls on the mountain, it can cause a fire, and that this is why he shares information with related agencies and informs the public quickly.