North Korea accuses South of another drone incursion

Seoul: North Korea accused the South on Saturday of flying another spy drone over its territory this month, a claim that Seoul denied. The North Ko...

Seoul: North Korea accused the South on Saturday of flying another spy drone over its territory this month, a claim that Seoul denied.

The North Korean military tracked a drone "moving northwards" over the South Korean border county of Ganghwa in early January before shooting it down near the North Korean city of Kaesong, a spokesperson said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"Surveillance equipment was installed" on the drone and analysis of the wreckage showed it had stored footage of the North's "important targets" including border areas, the spokesperson said.

Photos of the alleged drone released by KCNA showed the wreckage of a winged craft lying on the ground next to a collection of grey and blue components it said included cameras.

South Korea said it had no record of the flight, and Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back said the drone in the photos was "not a model operated by our military".