Tension in Korea: Northern purple border drone, Southern military open fire

(To Franco Iacch)
13/01/16

The South Korean military fired some warning shots at a northern drone that violated the border. This is what is communicated by the Ministry of Defense of South Korea.

"The unidentified aircraft appeared in the skies over South Korea, in the western part of the border. The servicemen were allowed to explode some firearm bodies against the drone that returned to the airspace belonging to Pyongyang ".

What was identified as a mini-drone, would have breached the 15 / 20 meter line. The South Korean military opened fire from an armed position with heavy machine guns. According to the Ministry of Defense, twenty shots were fired.

In the past few hours, the North has launched propaganda leaflets in South Korea, calling for a halt to the anti-Pyongyang broadcasts.

It is not the first time that the north has sent drones close to the borders with Seoul.

(photo: col. Eric Albertson, US Forces Korea Command Chaplain)