Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, warns US forces will face a 'very critical flight' if they continue what it called 'illegal intrusion.'
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday, July 11, accused a US military spy plane of entering the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone eight times, state media KCNA reported.
The Pentagon earlier brushed aside Pyongyang’s accusations of airspace violations and said the US military had adhered to international law.Kim accused the US Air Force of intruding into the North’s “economic water zone” on Monday off the east coast of the Korean peninsula in the sky above the sea 435 kilometers east of Tongchon of Gangwon Province and 276 km southeast of Uljin of North Gyeongsang Province.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller urged North Korea “to refrain from escalatory actions” and reiterated a call for it “to engage in serious and sustained diplomacy” when asked about the North Korean statements at a regular news briefing on Monday.
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