The North Korean state media KCNA reported on the 10th that on the 4th, South Korea once again sent a drone into North Korean airspace, violating its sovereignty.
According to the report, a spokesperson for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army made a statement on the 9th, saying that after the drone intrusion incident over Pyongyang in October 2024, South Korea sent a drone to violate North Korean airspace again at the start of the new year, constituting another serious provocation.
The statement said that the small fixed-wing drone took off on the 4th from Ganghwa County, Incheon, South Korea, flew across multiple locations in North Korea, and photographed several important targets within North Korea. North Korea's air surveillance units detected and tracked the drone, taking countermeasures by 'using special electronic warfare assets to carry out an attack.' The drone ultimately crashed in the Kaepung District of Kaesong, North Korea.
The statement noted that video data retrieved from the recording device of the drone showed that the drone had intruded into North Korean airspace for the purpose of reconnaissance and surveillance of North Korean areas.
The statement said that the South side repeatedly commits provocative acts that infringe upon North Korea's sovereignty, which the North strongly condemns and sternly warns the South that it 'must immediately stop playing with fire or risk self-destruction.'