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North Korean Drones Penetrate Deep Into South Korean Airspace

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff scrambled fighter planes and helicopters and shut down Seoul’s two major airports for 45 minutes before assuming the drones had escaped.

Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP
A suspected North Korean drone is viewed at the Defense Ministry at Seoul. South Korea said Monday it fired warning shots after North Korean drones violated the South’s airspace. Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP
DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

The North Koreans have challenged South Korea with an array of drones that penetrated the South’s air defenses Monday, doing no harm but severely embarrassing the South Korean command.

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DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.

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