What have you been doing so far?.. The President of South Korea scolds the Minister of Defense after the drones incident

South Korean President Yoon Sok-yul reprimanded Defense Minister Lee Jong-sob over the military's "botched operation" against five North Korean drones that entered South Korean airspace earlier this week, officials said Wednesday.

He met Yoon Lee on Tuesday morning and learned about the military's response to North Korea's violation of South Korean airspace the day before, according to Yonhap News Agency.

On Monday, the drones flew across the military demarcation line that separates the two Koreas, as one of them flew over the northern parts of Seoul, but the South Korean army failed to shoot it down.

Speaking during a cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, President Yun Seok Yul addressed his defense minister, saying, "How can there be no preparation against North Korean drone attacks? There have been many similar incidents before, so what have you been doing so far?" ", according to one of the officials.

President Yoon announced yesterday, Tuesday, that his country intends to establish a military unit specialized in unmanned aircraft, and said that the penetration of North Korean drones into the airspace of his country revealed a lack of training and readiness of the army.

Apology

A day after the incident, the South Korean army apologized for failing to shoot down the five drones, after it faced widespread criticism for not being ready.

"Yesterday, five enemy drones invaded South Korean airspace and were detected and tracked by our military, but we apologize for not being able to shoot them down," a statement from the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

While Pyongyang did not comment on the incident, Seoul suggested that the hack was for espionage, and it was not confirmed whether some of the planes that carried out the hack were armed.

The South Korean agency confirmed that 5 northern drones crossed the border, and that one of them flew over the north of the capital, Seoul, noting that helicopters fired at the intruding planes, but failed to shoot them down.

South Korea responded by announcing that it would send fighter jets to the border and drones into North Korea to carry out missions that included taking pictures of military installations, according to the Seoul General Staff.

In Washington, a spokesman for the US National Security Council confirmed his country's commitment to defending South Korea.