An unmanned drone crashed on South Korea's Baekryeong Island.
An unmanned drone crashed on South Korea's Baekryeong Island.
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The drone crashed on the Baekryeong Island on Monday afternoon

The two Koreas exchanged hundreds of shells across their western sea border

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An unmanned drone crashed on a South Korean island near its disputed maritime border with the North, the country’s defense ministry said Tuesday.

Kim Jong-Un meets with North Korea's first female fighter jet pilots in this undated picture released by North Korea's state media on Monday, June 22. He called the women "heroes of Korea" and "flowers of the sky."
Kim Jong-Un meets with North Korea's first female fighter jet pilots in this undated picture released by North Korea's state media on Monday, June 22. He called the women "heroes of Korea" and "flowers of the sky."
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North, South Korea exchange fire at sea

The drone crashed on the Baekryeong Island on Monday afternoon, the ministry said – soon after North and South Korean artillery batteries exchanged hundreds of shells across their western sea border.

The South Korean military is investigating.

The country’s Yonhap news agency, quoting an unnamed government source, said the drone crashed near the western sea border, known as the Northern Limit Line after the artillery exchange – raising the possibility that it was a North Korean reconnaissance plane.

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