South Korea apologizes to North over drone incursions

Sending UAVs beyond the 38th parallel was “reckless,” President Lee Jae Myung has admitted

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized to North Korea over drone incursions into the neighboring country.

Last week, South Korean prosecutors indicted three people – an employee of the National Intelligence Service, a South Korean military officer, and a graduate student – for sending UAVs into North Korea between September 2025 and January 2026.