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The Associated Press

S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones

In this file photo from 2017, people view a suspected North Korean drone at South Korea's Defense Ministry in Seoul. The South Korean military fired warning shots and scrambled aircraft on Monday, saying that North Korean drones had entered their airspace. (Lee Jung-hoon/AP)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's military fired warning shots, scrambled fighter jets and flew surveillance assets across the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Monday, after North Korean drones violated its airspace for the first time in five years in a fresh escalation of tensions.

South Korea's military detected five drones from North Korea crossing the border, and one traveled as far as the northern part of the South Korean capital region, which is about an hour's drive away, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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