South Korea finds apparent North Korean drone near border
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South Korea has found what appears to be a North Korean drone equipped with a camera on a mountain near its border with the isolated nation, the South's military said on Friday, suggesting the device was on a spying mission.
Its appearance a day after Pyongyang tested a new type of anti-ship missile on Thursday, could spark questions about the state of South Korea's air defences at a time when Seoul is trying to rein in the North's nuclear and missile programmes.
In size and shape, the device looked like a North Korean drone found in 2014 on an island near the border, South Korea's Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, adding that authorities plan to conduct a close analysis.
"The drone found this time looks sloppy but slightly more slender than previous ones," a South Korean military official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
