Suspected North Korean drone surveillance is a “grave provocation” which violates the Korean War truce, Seoul said Wednesday, demanding a United Nations probe into a drone that crashed near the border. A drone, which had been photographing a controversial US missile defence shield, was discovered early June after it crashed close to a sensitive military … Read more
Flying objects that prompted South Korean forces to fire warning shots this week appeared to be balloons carrying propaganda leaflets from the North, Seoul’s military said Wednesday. On Tuesday the defence ministry said troops had opened fire when an unidentified flying object entered the country’s airspace across the tense border with North Korea, with a … Read more
South Korea fired warning shots Tuesday at a flying object that entered the country’s airspace from North Korea across the Demilitarized Zone, Seoul’s military said. The object had not been identified and its radar course was being investigated, the military said in a statement. One official told AFP it appeared to be a drone. The … Read more
North Korea denounced its chief ally and diplomatic protector China for “dancing to the tune of the US” after it banned coal imports in apparent punishment for a missile launch. Beijing and Pyongyang have a relationship forged in the blood of the Korean War, but ties have begun to fray in recent years, with China … Read more