SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday (Oct 19) it had discovered the remains of a crashed South Korean military drone, suggesting it was on a propaganda mission in the latest confrontation between the two involving cross-border flying objects.
This undated photo provided on Oct 19, 2024 by the North Korea n government, shows what it says is a South Korea n drone at an undisclosed place in North Korea . SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday it had discovered the remains of a crashed South Korea n military drone, suggesting it was on a propaganda mission in the latest confrontation between the two involving cross-border flying objects.
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS on Oct 19, 2024 shows what is claimed to be a South Korean drone in a tree, found in an area of Pyongyang. "North Korea's one-sided claims are not worth verifying, nor do they merit a response," South Korea's defence ministry said in a statement.South Korean lawmaker Yu Yong-weon told Reuters the drones in North Korea's photos are"very similar" to surveillance drones made by South Korean company Sungwoo Engineering and supplied to the South Korean military in 2023.
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