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December 13, 2024

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Why some experts think North Korea faked evidence of ROK drone intrusion

State media photos appear to show South Korean UAV, but analysts say it would be easy to replicate such commercial tech

South Korea has neither confirmed nor denied North Korea’s allegations that an ROK military drone scattered anti-regime leaflets over Pyongyang several times this month, but some experts have backed a lawmaker’s claim that the DPRK may have faked the apparent infiltration amid escalating inter-Korean tensions.

North Korea’s ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun published photos over the weekend of what it claimed to be the South Korean “long-range reconnaissance” drone discovered in Pyongyang, with the images appearing to show an S-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that Seoul has displayed at military parades.

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