{"id":35484,"date":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35484"},"modified":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T03:04:36","slug":"north-korea-accuses-south-of-another-drone-incursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35484","title":{"rendered":"North Korea accuses South of another drone incursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>North Korea accused the South on Saturday of flying another drone over its territory this month for the purpose of spying, a claim that Seoul denied.<\/p>\n<p>The North Korean military tracked a drone &#8220;moving northwards&#8221; over the South Korean border county of Ganghwa in early January before<\/p>\n<p>shooting it down near the North Korean city of Kaesong, a spokesperson said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surveillance equipment was installed&#8221; on the drone and analysis of the wreckage showed it had stored footage of the North&#8217;s &#8220;important targets&#8221; including border areas, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea said it had no record of the flight, and Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back said the drone referred to by Pyongyang was &#8220;not a model operated by our military&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had ordered an investigation, the defence ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Located northwest of Seoul, Ganghwa County is one of the closest South Korean territories to North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang said the drone footage was &#8220;clear evidence&#8221; that the aircraft had &#8220;intruded into (our) airspace for the purpose of surveillance and reconnaissance&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Its military spokesperson said the alleged incursion was similar to one in September when the South flew drones near its border city of Paju.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul would be forced to &#8220;pay a dear price for their unpardonable hysteria&#8221; if the incursions continued, the spokesperson said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea accused the South on Saturday of flying another drone over its territory this month for the purpose of spying, a claim that Seoul denied. The North Korean military tracked a drone &#8220;moving northwards&#8221; over the South Korean border county of Ganghwa in early January before shooting it down near the North Korean city [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}