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North Korea hurls insults as US, South study finds Pyongyang sent drones

Pyongyang strongly denies ownership of crashed UAVs by unleashing barbs at South's president

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North Korea today denounced South Korea’s  claim that Pyongyang sent a trio of spy drones across the border as a  provocative “charade” organised by its “prostitute” president, Park Geun-Hye.

South Korea’s Defence Ministry said last week that an investigation into  three crashed drones had provided “smoking gun” proof that they were all flown  from the North. 

Seoul said recovered data showed they had been pre-programmed to fly over  South Korean military installations and then return to the North.

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The drones were recovered in three different locations near the inter-Korean land-and-sea border between March 24 and April 6. One crashed due to an engine problem, while the other two ran out of fuel.

In a statement carried by the North’s official KCNA news agency, a military  spokesman called the probe findings a “charade for confrontation”, and warned  the US against being manipulated by its Asian ally and the  ”disgraceful political prostitute” Park.

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South Korean Defence spokesman Kim Min-seok

“If Washington pays heed only to what its stooges trumpet, it is bound to be accused of being a senile grandfather trying to stop a child from crying,” the unnamed spokesman said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

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