South Korea scrambles aircraft after likely North Korean drones cross border

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South Korea scrambles aircraft after likely North Korean drones cross border

Military says it fired warning shots against intrusion, while local media report one ROK jet crashed while responding

Jeongmin Kim | Shreyas Reddy December 26, 2022

South Korea scrambles aircraft after likely North Korean drones cross border

A North Korean drone that crash-landed in South Korea in 2017 | Image: ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. (Last updated at 8:06 p.m. KST with reports on drone types and flight paths)

Multiple suspected North Korean drones entered ROK airspace near the western inter-Korean border on Monday morning, according to the South Korean military, which fired warning shots and scrambled helicopters and jets to shoot them down.

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