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On October 13, amid heightened tensions over ongoing North Korean missile launches, South Korea claims to have scrambled fighter jets after a group of roughly ten North Korean military aircraft flew near to the border separating the two nations.
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The North Korean aircraft were reportedly spotted flying around 12 kilometers (7 miles) north of the Northern Limit Line, a de facto inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea, and about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the Military Demarcation Line in the center of the Korea border area.
Between 10:30 p.m. local time on Thursday (1330 GMT) and 0:20 a.m. local time on Friday (1530 GMT), the incident took place.
According to the report, the planes were also spotted close to the eastern end of the inter-Korean border.
The South Korean air force “conducted an emergency sortie with its superior air force, including the F-35A, and maintained a reaction posture, carrying out a proportional response maneuver in accordance with the flight of a North Korean military aircraft,” according to the statement.
Last month, Kim Jong Un declared his nation to be a nuclear power and ruled out engaging in denuclearization negotiations with the US. In retaliation for North Korea firing a missile over Japan last week, the US and South Korea launched missiles.
