South Korean Army soldiers participate in the media day for the 74th anniversary of Armed Forces Day
(Picture: Getty Images)South Korea has scrambled fighter jets and fired warning shots after accusing North Korean drones of violating its airspace.
The country’s military leaders said the unmanned drones crossed the border and were detected in the skies of the city of Gimpo at around 10.25am local time on Monday.
While working to counter the drones, a South Korean KA-1 light attack aircraft crashed shortly after departing its Wonju base in the country’s east, a defence ministry official said.
Its two pilots were able to escape before the crash and are now in the hospital.
South Korea’s transport ministry said earlier that flights departing from its Incheon and Gimpo airports were suspended following a request from the military.
It comes just says after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into eastern waters, making its total launches this year go up to nearly 80.
The missiles were fired from Pyongyang’s Sunan area on Saturday afternoon into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
At least one of the missiles reportedly landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
