KOREA: A North Korean drone had penetrated into a No-Fly Zone surrounding South Korea’s Presidential Office in central Seoul during the breach last week, said the country’s military, sparking concerns about the air defence.
“It [the drone] briefly flew into the northern edge of the zone, but it did not come close to key security facilities,” a military official was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency. It was a part of five North Korean drones that had breached the border on 26 December, prompting South Korea’s military to scramble fighter jets and helicopters.
While earlier, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCC) had denied the breach into President Yoon Suk-yeol’s office, they confirmed on Thursday that it had entered the northern end of the 2.2-mile-long No-Fly Zone.
- THE INDEPENDENT
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