SEOUL | South Korea’s president on Wednesday ordered his military to establish a Joint Command drone unit, 10 days after North Korean drones dramatically exposed the vulnerabilities of the South’s skies.
But with the South committed to a counter-response of sending two or three drones north for each drone the North sends south, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s move raises new questions over Seoul’s compliance with the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War.
Following a briefing from the Agency for Defense Development, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Ministry of National Defense and the presidential National Security Office, Mr.