South Korea has warned North Korea that it will see "the end of its regime" if it causes any harm to its people, after the North threatened a "horrible disaster" over the alleged flight of drones over its capital, Report informs via Yonhap.
The South's defense ministry issued the statement after Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of the North's leader Kim Jong-un, made the threat in a commentary carried by its state media, just a day after the reclusive state claimed the South had sent unmanned drones over Pyongyang three times this month.
"We clearly warn that if North Korea inflicts harm on the safety of our people, that day will be the end of the North Korean regime," the defense ministry said in a statement released to reporters.
"Kim Yo-jong's remarks reflect the North's hypocritical behavior, which continues with provocations, and has recently resorted to vulgar and petty tactics, like floating trash-filled balloons," it said.
In the statement, Kim said the North was ready to take a "strong corresponding retaliatory action" in case drones carrying anti-Pyongyang materials are flown again into the North, warning that the "attack time" can come at any time.