Not the actual drone
Via Stars and Stripes
Defense officials are trying to determine the origin of two drones found on South Korean territory in the last week, including one that fell on a South Korean border island Monday during an exchange of artillery fire with North Korea.
Ministry of National Defense officials do not know if the drones belong to North Korea, MND spokesman Kim Min-seok said Tuesday afternoon.
One unmanned aircraft was found on March 24 near Paju, a city near the Demilitarized Zone. The second was found around 4 p.m. Monday on Baeknyeong Island — about 10 miles from North Korea and just south of the maritime border between the two countries.
The discovery of the unmanned surveillance vehicle came about half an hour after Monday’s three-hour barrage of shelling.
During the exchange, North Korea fired approximately 500 shells, 100 of which fell into waters south of the Northern Limit Line, the disputed maritime border between the two Koreas. South Korea responded by firing 300 shells. None of the shells hit land on either side, according to reports.
The drone found Monday was outfitted with a small camera, had a Japanese engine and Chinese components, Kim said. It was similar in design to the one found a week earlier.
The Yonhap News Agency reported that military and intelligence officials have disassembled the drone to identify who flew it near the border, looking into possibilities of Pyongyang’s involvement.