North Korea's Defense Ministry accused the US and South Korea of stepping up intelligence activities around the inter-Korean border and warned it would take action if its sovereignty and security were violated, state media KCTA reported today, quoted by Reuters and BTA.
North Korea's Vice Defense Minister Kim Gun-il said that the US flew over the Korean Peninsula between May 13 and 24 with at least 16 of its strategic reconnaissance aircraft "Ar C-135" (RC-135) and "Y-2S" (U-2S), as well as with drones "Ar Q-4Bi" (RQ-4B).
He also accused South Korea's navy and coast guard of stoking military tensions by stepping up patrols and increasingly violating the maritime border.
Kim also criticized the propaganda leaflets sent by balloons from South Korea, calling them a "dangerous provocation.
North Korean defectors and activists in South Korea regularly send balloons containing leaflets with anti-Pyongyang messages, as well as food, medicine, money, mini radios and portable memory with South Korean news and dramas, according to Reuters.
"Even now, the puppet air forces of the US and South Korea are continuously mobilizing various aircraft with little or no interruption in time throughout the day, conducting aerial reconnaissance at a level comparable to wartime,'' Kim said in a statement. , published by KCTA.
These activities seriously violate North Korea's national sovereignty and security and will not be met with "offensive" countermeasures, he said.
"We will act immediately when the country's national sovereignty and security are violated," Kim added.