Apr. 2, 2014

Seoul Examines 'North Korea Drone"

South Korea says it's analysing what it believes to be a North Korean Drone which crashed on a border island shortly after an exchange of artillary with North Korea

The drone crashed on Baengnyeong island on Monday afternoon , it fell as the two Koreas traded fire into each other's waters in an incident , Seoul says was provoked by the North

South Korean authorities say a preliminary investigation has concluded that the drone came from the North , "the relevant departments of the South Korean Government have confirmed that North Korea is responsible for it , said South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman Park Soo-Jin

A similar drone was found in Paju , just South of the De Militarised Zone that separates the two Koreas , on March 24th Yonhap news agency reported , it was equipped with a high resolution camera and had taken pictures of military installations and South Korea's Presidential compound

Monday's clash came after North Korea announced it would hold live fire exercises in seven parts of the desputed Western maritime border , a major flashpoint between the two nations

South Korea says it returned fire after North Korean shells landed in its territorial waters hundreds of shells were fired , but all fell in the sea and nobody was hurt , the exchange of fire happened days after North Korea tested medium range missiles for the first time since 2009

North Korea is the subject of multiple United Nations resolutions , relating to   its pursuit of Nuclear weapon's development