Monitoring Desk
SEOUL: President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday that any provocation by North Korea must be met with retaliation without any hesitation despite its nuclear arms.
The office of the South Korean President issued the statement after an intrusion by North Korean spy drones. As many as five drones of North Korea crossed into South Korea on Monday, prompting South Korea’s army to scramble fighter jets and attack helicopters to shoot drones down.
The office of Yoon said that they must punish and retaliate against any provocation by North Korea. He added that they must not hesitate because North Korea has nuclear arms.
South Korea
Monday’s intrusion prompted criticism in South Korea of its air defenses. The President blamed the army, in particular its failure to shoot down the spy drones while they flew over South Korea for several hours.
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South Korea’s defence minister Lee Jong-sup told the parliament on Wednesday that the President had ordered him to send drones into North Korea in reply to any incursion. Earlier, South Korea’s army tendered an apology for its reply and said it could not shoot down the drones because they (drones) were too small.
