South Korea earmarks $440 million over the next five years to beef up its ability to fend off North Korean drones
President Yoon Suk-yeol has chastised the military's handling of the North Korean incursion, urging it to hasten the reinforcement of the drone units.
The defence ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, two days after North Korean drones crossed into the South in the first such intrusion since 2017. President Yoon Suk-yeol chastised the military's handling of the incursion, urging it to hasten the reinforcement of the drone units.
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