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Kim Jong-un's headlong rush tests the Seoul-Washington alliance

2023-01-10T16:07:26.023Z


STORY - The two Koreas are once again at loggerheads, as the 70th anniversary of the fragile Panmunjom Armistice comes next July.


From our correspondent in Asia

Drone battle in the sky of Seoul.

Kim Jong-un's regime has tickled South Korean President Yoon Seok-youl to the skies of his capital in recent days.

Five North Korean drones have penetrated the airspace of the megalopolis, defying the South Korean army and triggering the anger of the conservative leader, in the midst of renewed tensions on the peninsula.

Yoon castigated the inability of the military to shoot down enemy reconnaissance vehicles during this unprecedented incursion for five years.

Emergency fighters remained helpless against spy drones that crossed the barbed wire front line, located only about 40 kilometers from the presidential palace in Seoul, for fear of collateral damage above the agglomeration of 15 million people. 'inhabitants.

The former prosecutor is furious, forcing senior brass into a public apology, and threatening to jeopardize a rare bilateral military deal with…

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Source: lefigaro

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