North Korean state media published multiple statements on alleged South Korean drone incursions this week but didn’t release all of them to domestic readers, an approach that underscored propagandists' goal to present a straightforward narrative of Seoul’s duplicity.

The Rodong Sinmun released statements by both the DPRK military and the leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong about claimed ROK drone flights into the North’s territory, in line with Pyongyang’s policy of treating the South as a hostile state.

But the decision not to carry Kim’s follow-up statement, which acknowledged that