Lee warming up to Kim? After North Korea’s complaint, South probes drone airspace violation case

After the launch of ballistic missiles by North Korea, South Korean authorities have rolled out a probe which is focused on the possibility civilians may have flown drones that North Korea said violated its airspace, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.

Recently, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung visited China and urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to freeze the nuclear activities carried out by North Korea.  

Lee has vowed a swift probe and said on Saturday if civilians had indeed operated the unmanned aircraft, it would be a “serious crime” that threatened South Korea’s security and peace on the Korean peninsula.

South Korea is also willing to launch an investigation with North Korea but has not met with mutual talks and failed to make any proposal,  a defence ministry spokesperson said citing Minister Ahn Gyu-back.

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South Korea’s military said it did not operate the drone model in question or operate any on the date cited by the North of the intrusion. It had no intention to provoke the North, it said.

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