Tensions between North and South Korea continue.
On Monday, Seoul accused Pyongyang of sending "several" drones to the inter-Korean border, forcing them to deploy fighter jets and fire warning shots to repel them.
“Our military first detected a North Korean unmanned aerial vehicle around Gimpo airspace at 10:25 a.m., 2:15 a.m. French time, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced in a statement, before d adding that “several” North Korean drones “invaded our airspace” in the border area near Gyeonggi province.
The incursion drew warning fire from Seoul, which also deployed planes and helicopter gunships.
One of them, a KA-1 fighter jet, then crashed in Hoengseong County, further east, according to the Yonhap news agency.
A first in five years
Flights have been temporarily suspended at Gimpo and Incheon international airports near the capital for about an hour at the request of the military, according to the Yonhap news agency, citing a South Korean ministry official. Transport.
It is the first time in five years that North Korean drones have flown over South Korean airspace.
The incursion comes amid heightened tension, as Pyongyang has carried out an unprecedented series of weapons tests this year.
On Friday, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff claimed that their "army [maintained] a posture of full readiness".
For several months, the United States and South Korea have been warning that Pyongyang is preparing to carry out its seventh nuclear test.
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