Overview
- South Korea’s joint military–police task force has identified and questioned a civilian suspect linked to drones North Korea says entered its airspace.
- Police say the person questioned is an acquaintance who helped manufacture the drone, and the inquiry remains ongoing with charging decisions to follow evidence review.
- A separate man told media he launched multiple modified consumer drones since September to measure contamination near Pyongsan and said two aircraft failed to return.
- Investigators plan to summon the man who claimed responsibility to verify his account, while the Defense Ministry maintains the drones cited by Pyongyang are not South Korean military equipment.
- North Korea asserts it downed drones using electronic warfare and recovered video data, has demanded an apology, and President Lee Jae Myung ordered a thorough probe while stressing Seoul does not seek provocation.