South Korea says North Korea has flown warplanes near the rivals’ border, prompting South Korea to scramble fighter jets.
UPDATE South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the North Korean planes flew as close as 12 kilometers (7 miles) north of the inter-Korean border between late Thursday and early Friday.
It’s a highly unusual incident, and it comes amid heightened tensions between the rivals over North Korea’s barrage of missile tests in recent days.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said it responded by scrambling F-35 jets and other warplanes.
