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South Korea fires warning shots at North Korea after drones violate airspace

By Misty Severi
Published December 26, 2022 4:15pm ET
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South Korea fires warning shots at North Korea after drones violate airspace
FILE - A suspected North Korean drone is viewed at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, on June 21, 2017. South Korea's military fired warning shots and scrambled aircraft after North Korean drones entered the South’s airspace on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, South Korean officials said, days after the North launched two ballistic missiles in its latest testing activities. (Lee Jung-hoon/Yonhap via AP, File)

South Korea fired warning shots at North Korea on Monday and flew “surveillance assets” into the northern country after it violated South Korea’s airspace with drones for the first time in five years.

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