Pyongyang, North Korea - October 09, 2024

The South Korean military has been proved to be the "principal" of the drone incursion into Pyongyang, capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the DPRK official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.

The act was aimed at scattering anti-DPRK leaflets, reported the KCNA, citing the final investigation results released a day earlier by a spokesman for the country's Ministry of National Defense.

The conclusion was made by a joint investigation group composed of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of State Security, among other relevant specialized institutions, after a comprehensive analysis of the flight plans and logs obtained from the flight control module dismantled from the remains of a crashed drone.

The KCNA report offered a detailed flight record showing that after taking off at the Paekryong Island at 23:25:30 on Oct. 8, the drone flew over Jangyon County of South Hwanghae Province and the waters around the Cho Islet and then to the waters around the Namjoap Islet, before it flew over Chollima District, Nampho Municipality and intruded into the DPRK's capital.

The drone scattered the political leaflets above the area between the office building of the DPRK Foreign Ministry and a Pyongyang metro station called Sungri at 01:32:08 on Oct. 9 and above the office building of the Ministry of National Defense at 01:35:11 respectively, according to the KCNA report.

If an act of South Korean infringement upon the DPRK's sovereignty occurs again, the DPRK will respond mercilessly, the spokesman warned.

Shotlist:
Pyongyang, DPRK - Oct 9, 2024:
1. Various of traffic, flags of Workers' Party of Korea, national flags of DPRK, buildings;
FILE: Pyongyang, DPRK - April 11, 2019
2. Various of Arch of Triumph, national flags of DPRK, flags of Workers' Party of Korea;
3. Government building on Kim Il Sung Square;
FILE: Pyongyang, DPRK - April 9, 2020
4. Grand People's Study House on Kim Il Sung Square;
FILE: Pyongyang, DPRK - 2020
5. Various of traffic, national flags, buildings;
FILE: Seoul, South Korea - April 12, 2024
6. National Assembly building;
7. South Korean national flag.

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