North Korea on the 10th claimed that on the 4th a South Korean drone intruded into North Korean airspace and was shot down over the skies of Kaesong. It added, "You will definitely pay the price."
A Spokesperson for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army issued a statement to the Korean Central News Agency that day titled "South Korea must be prepared to pay the price for once again committing a sovereignty-infringing provocation with a drone," and stated accordingly.
In the statement, the Spokesperson said, "On the 4th, our units performing border air-defense surveillance duty detected and tracked an aerial target moving northward in the skies over the area of Hado-ri, Songhae-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon," and added, "After tactically inducing it to intrude up to the 8 km line of our airspace, we attacked it with special electronic-electronic assets and forced it to crash at a point 1,200 m from Hill 101.5 in Muksan-ri, Gaepung District, Kaesong."
It continued, "The downed drone was equipped with surveillance equipment," and "Video materials recorded by two cameras showed footage of our area taken up to the moment before the crash, with durations of 6 minutes 59 seconds and 6 minutes 58 seconds."
Regarding the drone, the Spokesperson explained, "After taking off at 12:50 p.m. on the 4th in the area of Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, South Korea, it was set to fly over our territory through Gaepung District, Kaesong, Pyeongsan County, North Hwanghae Province, and Kumchon County, then again through Gaepung District, Kaesong, Panmun District, and Changpung County, and as far as Jeokseong-myeon, Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, covering a total distance of 156 km at an altitude of 100–300 m and a speed of 50 km/h for 3 hours 10 minutes to film our important targets."
North Korea also claims there was a South Korean drone intrusion in September last year. The Spokesperson said, "At around 11:15 a.m. on Sept. 27 last year, a drone that took off from the area of Jeokseong-myeon, Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, intruded into the skies over our area in Pyeongsan County, North Hwanghae Province."
The Spokesperson also criticized, "The video materials are clear evidence showing that the drone intruded into the republic's airspace for the purpose of surveillance and reconnaissance of our area," and "Even after the 'hoodlum regime in Seoul' was replaced, South Korea's drone provocations continued near the border."
The Spokesperson said, "While making a fuss in front about how 'we must bore even a hole the size of a needle tip' for communication with us, they have not stopped their provocative acts against us, which again helped foster a hostile perception of the entity called South Korea," and added, "The entity called South Korea is our most hostile, unchangeable enemy, and if it charges at us, it is a target that will surely be crushed."
It continued, "The absolutely intolerable frenzy of South Korean warmongers will surely pay the price," and "The South Korean authorities can never evade responsibility for escalating tensions," it said.