Kim Jong Un's sister warns US military in case of 'repeated intrusion'
11 Jul 2023 09:18am
Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister and vice department director of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee (KCNA)
(Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT
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The warning by Kim Yo Jong, carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), came hours after she issued a statement late Monday alleging that a US spy aircraft entered North Korean airspace within their exclusive economic zone earlier in the day, Yonhap news agency reported.
"I have already notified beforehand the counteraction of our army upon authorisation. In case of repeated illegal intrusion, the US forces will experience a very critical flight.
"The strategic reconnaissance plane of the US Air Force illegally intruded into the economic water zone of the North Korean side in the East Sea of Korea eight times," Kim said in an English-language dispatch carried by the KCNA.
Kim, a vice department director of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee also slammed South Korea for intervening in the issue, arguing that it is "one between the Korean People's Army and the US forces".
South Korea's military has rejected the North's claim of its airspace being violated as "not true" and described flights by US aerial surveillance assets around the peninsula as part of regular surveillance activities. - BERNAMA-YONHAP
