{"id":2353767,"date":"2024-10-11T13:57:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T17:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-accuses-south-of-drone-flights-over-capital-threatens-to-respond-with-force-next-time\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T14:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T18:00:59","slug":"north-korea-accuses-south-of-drone-flights-over-capital-threatens-to-respond-with-force-next-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-accuses-south-of-drone-flights-over-capital-threatens-to-respond-with-force-next-time\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Accuses South of Drone Flights over Capital, Threatens to Respond with Force Next Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-accuses-south-of-drone-flights-over-capital-threatens-to-respond-with-force-next-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353767&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North\u200b Korea has accused South Korea of flying drones over its capital, Pyongyang, to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets, threatening military retaliation if such actions continue. The North&#8217;s Foreign\u200c Ministry claimed these \u200ddrone flights, which \u200dwere said to have occurred on October 3 and the following Wednesday \u200dand Thursday, violated its sovereignty.\u2063 In response, North Korea&#8217;s officials asserted they would prepare all possible \u200cmeans \u200cof attack against South Korea and warned that their patience has\u2062 run \u2063out.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea, on the other hand, denied the accusations, with Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun \u2064stating that investigations into the claims were\u200b ongoing. The South&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff also refrained from confirming the North&#8217;s allegations while \u2064advising \u200ccaution against reckless actions from Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is part \u200dof escalating tensions\u200d between the two Koreas, exacerbated by ongoing military exercises, recent provocations from North Korea, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamass-release-of-hostages-is-psychological-warfare-idf-spokesman-says\/\" title=\"IDF spokesperson labels Hamas&#039;s hostage release as &#039;psychological warfare&#039; in Israel conflict.\">psychological warfare tactics<\/a> from\u200b both sides, including the\u200c distribution of propaganda balloons. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol condemned North Korea&#8217;s balloon campaign and warned of consequences for any acts that threaten the safety of South Korean citizens.<\/p>\n<p>As relations remain fraught, analysts suggest North Korea&#8217;s nuclear ambitions are aimed at gaining recognition \u200das a nuclear power, allowing\u200b it to negotiate from a position of strength. The situation continues to evolve, with expectations of potential provocations around significant events such as the upcoming U.S. presidential election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) &mdash; North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again. South Korea issued a vague denial of the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that South Korean drones were detected in the night skies of Pyongyang on Oct. 3 and Wednesday and Thursday this week.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry accused the South of violating North Korea&rsquo;s &ldquo;sacred&rdquo; sovereignty and threatening its security, and described the alleged flights as a &ldquo;dangerous provocation&rdquo; that could escalate to an armed conflict and even war. <\/p>\n<p>It said North Korean forces will prepare &ldquo;all means of attack&rdquo; capable of destroying the southern side of the border and the South Korean military, and respond without warning if South Korean drones are detected in its territory again. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The safety lock on our trigger has now been released,&rdquo; the ministry said. &ldquo;We will be prepared for everything and will be watching. The criminals should no longer gamble with the lives of their citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Asked about the North Korean claims during a parliamentary hearing, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun told lawmakers, &ldquo;We have not done that.&rdquo; He said he was still trying to assess the situation and didn&rsquo;t elaborate further.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t immediately clear whether Kim was referring to South Korean military drones, or also drones possibly operated by South Korean civilians. <\/p>\n<p>The South&rsquo;s Joint Chiefs of Staff later said in a statement that it couldn&rsquo;t confirm whether the North&rsquo;s claims were true, without elaborating why. The joint chiefs warned the North to &ldquo;exercise restraint and not act recklessly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the safety of our citizens is threatened in any way, our military will respond with stern and thorough retaliation,&rdquo; it said. <\/p>\n<p>North Korea is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of the authoritarian government of leader Kim Jong Un and his family&rsquo;s dynastic rule over the country. <\/p>\n<p>Since May, North Korea has sent thousands of balloons carrying paper waste, plastic and other trash to drop on the South, in what it described as retaliation against South Korean civilian activists who flew balloons with anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets across the border. South Korea&rsquo;s joint chiefs said in a separate statement that the North was again flying balloons toward the South Friday evening and warned civilians to beware of objects falling from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&rsquo;s military responded to the North&rsquo;s balloon campaign by using border loudspeakers to broadcast propaganda and K-pop to North Korea. <\/p>\n<p>The psychological warfare campaigns have further escalated tensions created by Kim&rsquo;s weapons tests and verbal threats of nuclear conflict against Washington and Seoul. The allies have responded by strengthening their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-has-a-problem-turkey-and-greece-could-be-headed-for-a-showdown\/\" title=\"NATO Has a Problem: Turkey and Greece Could Be Headed for a Showdown\">combined military exercises<\/a> and expanding three-way cooperation with Japan, while also upgrading nuclear deterrence plans built around U.S. strategic assets. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, North Korea said it will permanently block its <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-yoon-north-nuclear-asean-3e6a6839383efed921afc12351e3ba8c\">border<\/a> with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with &ldquo;confrontational hysteria&rdquo; by South Korean and U.S. forces.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea&rsquo;s military said in a statement on state media that it will &ldquo;completely cut off roads and railways&rdquo; linked to South Korea and &ldquo;fortify the relevant areas of our side with strong defense structures.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>North Korea called its steps a &ldquo;self-defensive measure for inhibiting war and defending the security&rdquo; of the country and accused its rivals of &ldquo;getting ever more reckless in their confrontational hysteria.&rdquo; North Korea cited what it called various military exercises in South Korea, the deployment of U.S. strategic assets and its rivals&rsquo; harsh rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say Kim&rsquo;s nuclear push is aimed at eventually forcing the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and allowing the North to negotiate security and economic concessions from a position of strength. <\/p>\n<p>In written answers to questions by The Associated Press this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-yoon-north-nuclear-asean-3e6a6839383efed921afc12351e3ba8c\">South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol<\/a> said North Korea will likely stage major provocations such as a nuclear test explosion or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-postpones-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-test-launch-to-avoid-angering-putin\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Postpones Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Launch To Avoid Angering Putin\">intercontinental ballistic missile test<\/a> around the U.S. presidential election in November to grab Washington&rsquo;s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon also condemned North Korea over its balloon campaign and warned that it &ldquo;will face consequences that it will find difficult to withstand&rdquo; if its balloon activities jeopardize the safety of South Korean people. He didn&rsquo;t elaborate on what steps his government was considering. <\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writer Hyung-jin Kim contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our normal editorial standards. 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In response, South Korea provided a vague denial. North Korea&#8217;s Foreign Ministry claimed that South Korean drones were spotted over its capital on October 3 and again this week, asserting that these flights violated its sovereignty and posed a security threat. The ministry labeled the alleged drone activity as a &#8220;dangerous provocation&#8221; that could lead to armed conflict or war, stating that North Korean forces are ready to use &#8220;all means of attack&#8221; against the South if it happens again. They emphasized their readiness for any situation and cautioned against endangering their citizens&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n<p>During a parliamentary session, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun denied the allegations but did not clarify whether he was referring specifically to military drones or civilian-operated ones. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in the South stated they could not confirm North Korea&#8217;s claims but urged restraint from the North while warning they would respond decisively if their citizens were threatened.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea is particularly sensitive to external criticism regarding its leadership under Kim Jong Un. Since May, it has launched thousands of balloons carrying waste into South Korea as retaliation against activists who sent anti-North propaganda across the border. Recently, North Korea resumed sending balloons toward the South and warned civilians about falling objects from above.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these provocations, South Korea has been broadcasting propaganda through loudspeakers along the border while tensions have escalated due to Kim\u2019s weapons tests and threats towards Washington and Seoul. In light of ongoing military exercises by U.S.-South Korean forces, North Korea announced plans to permanently close its border with the South and enhance defensive structures along their shared boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Experts suggest Kim\u2019s nuclear ambitions aim at compelling U.S. recognition of North Korea as a nuclear state for future negotiations on security and economic issues from a position of strength. In recent comments, President Yoon Suk Yeol indicated that significant provocations from North Korea might occur around November&#8217;s U.S presidential election in an attempt to capture attention from Washington while warning consequences for any actions threatening safety in his country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2353768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/f8fd211396e7457cbc5f213a612aac00-e1728659086201.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42818,42819,32109,34188,9085],"class_list":["post-2353767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-drone-flights","tag-military-threats","tag-north-korea","tag-south-korea","tag-tensions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/f8fd211396e7457cbc5f213a612aac00-e1728659086201.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}