By Steve Yoon
A North Korean drone entered a no-fly zone around South Korea’s presidential office in Seoul when it intruded into the country’s airspace last month, South Korean military officials say.
“It [the drone] briefly flew into the northern edge of the zone, but it did not come close to key security facilities,” said a military official.
The drone was one of five North Korean unmanned aircraft that crossed the border and entered South Korean airspace on December 26, prompting South Korea’s military to scramble fighter jets and attack helicopters. The military could not bring down the drones, which flew over South Korean territory for five hours.
The South’s military apologized for failing to shoot down North Korean drones that crossed the border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff had denied that one of the drones intruded into the presidential office no-fly zone, however, on Thursday reversed it confirming that a drone had violated the northern end of the secure area but did not fly directly over the Yongsan area, where the presidential office is located.
It said the initial analysis was modified after an internal review of the military’s readiness posture. The drone did not fly directly over the presidential office in central Seoul’s Yongsan district, said Col. Lee Sung-jun, a JCS spokesman. The JCS said separately that the safety of the office had not been compromised.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol warned on Wednesday that he would consider suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military pact with Pyongyang if drones violate his country’s airspace again.
“He instructed the national security office to consider suspending the validity of the military agreement if North Korea stages another provocation invading our territory,” siad presidential press secretary Kim Eun-hye.
The 2018 agreement between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and former South Korean President Moon Jae-in, called for ceasing “all hostile acts”, creating a no-fly zone around the border, and removing landmines and guard posts within the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
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