American espionage activities on North Korean borders have increased
| North Korea's deputy defense minister announced that American and South Korean espionage activities have increased on the country's borders. |
report Mehr News Agency, citing Reuters, North Korea’s Ministry of Defense accused the United States and South Korea of intensifying espionage activities around the borders between the two Koreas and warned that in case of violation of sovereignty and security North Korea, Pyongyang will act.
According to North Korea’s official website “KCNA”, North Korea’s Vice Defense Minister Kim Gang-il said that the United States will send at least 16 spy planes from May 13 to 24. RC-135 and U-25 and RQ-4B drones have flown in the sky of the Korean Peninsula.
He also accused the South Korean Navy and Coast Guard of fueling military tensions by increasing patrolling activities and violating maritime borders.
North Korea’s vice defense minister also criticized the propaganda leaflets sent in balloons from South Korea, calling it a “dangerous provocation”.
North Korean defectors and activists in South Korea regularly release balloons bearing anti-Pyongyang slogans, along with food, medicine, money, small radios and bars. They send USB full of South Korean news and shows.
