As a South Korean drone carrying anti-North Korea leaflets intruded into Pyongyang's airspace, the already tense situation on the Korean Peninsula escalated abruptly! According to the North Korean side, South Korea used drones to infiltrate Pyongyang on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, spreading anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets, and even flying over the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

North Korea publicly displays a South Korean drone (left circle) spreading anti-North Korean leaflets (right circle). Subsequently, the General Staff of the Korean People's Army instructed border forces to enter a shooting readiness posture, ordering border artillery combined units and units tasked with critical firepower strikes to enter a state of full shooting readiness.

Jiu Wanli wonders, from the initial act of throwing garbage at each other to the construction of roadblocks, and then to the tense standoff, how did the situation between North and South Korea come to this?

Tit-for-tat, North and South Korea accuse each other. North Korea is furious. It is well known that in modern warfare, drones have become a weapon for targeted elimination. The fact that South Korean drones intruded into Pyongyang's airspace at this sensitive juncture is indeed no small matter. Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, stated that the drone infiltration into Pyongyang was orchestrated by the South Korean military, which is provoking the sovereignty of other nations. If it happens again, North Korea will take strong retaliatory actions. She also said that if the sovereignty of a nuclear-armed nation is infringed upon by the forces trained by the United States, then the master (the United States) should be held responsible. South Korea's airdropping of leaflets in the capital of another country constitutes a serious political provocation and infringement of sovereignty, and the fact that the leaflets were carried by drones is at the core of the severity of this incident.

Anti-North Korea leaflets intercepted by North Korea. South Korea is not backing down. In response to various accusations from North Korea, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense has issued a strong statement, declaring that if North Korea endangers the safety of South Korean citizens, South Korea will bring an end to the North Korean regime. The South Korean Ministry of National Defense claims that North Korea has violated South Korean airspace multiple times, and recently, it has frequently launched garbage balloons into South Korean airspace as a form of provocation, attempting to intimidate South Korean citizens. In [month], a North Korean drone also entered the no-fly zone around the Seoul Yongsan Presidential Office.

It is not difficult to see that since the division of Korea into North and South, the rift has continued to deepen, making it increasingly difficult to mend the broken mirror. South Korea, frequently picking fights, has been emboldened by its alliance with the United States. After Yoon Seok-yeol came to power, he aggressively advocated for deepening the South Korea-U.S. alliance, causing North-South Korean relations to deteriorate rapidly and reach a point of no return.

On a certain date, North Korea announced the closure of key transportation routes along the border with South Korea. The image shows the Unity Bridge located at the North-South Korean border. Since January, Yoon Suk-yeol has repeatedly made tough statements towards North Korea. On a certain date, during South Korea's "Army Day Parade," the "Hyunmoo-2" ballistic missile was displayed, and Yoon Suk-yeol boldly declared that the moment North Korea uses nuclear weapons, it will be the end of the North Korean regime. On a certain date, Yoon Suk-yeol had his first phone conversation with Japan's new Prime Minister, Ishiba Shigeru, and both sides pledged to take joint actions with the United States to counter the North Korean threat. On a certain date, Yoon Suk-yeol visited the Philippines and held talks with President Marcos Jr., agreeing that North Korea must not be allowed to launch nuclear provocations and that efforts will be made to prevent military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. On a certain date, Yoon Suk-yeol stated at the East Asia Summit in Laos that for the freedom, peace, and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region, the denuclearization of North Korea is imperative, and the international community should not tolerate North Korea's nuclear weapons development, supporting South Korea's "August 15 New Unification Strategy."

Yoon Seok-yeol's reliance on the United States to show strength and his frequent harsh rhetoric will undoubtedly continue to provoke North Korea, further reducing the room for improvement in inter-Korean relations, intensifying a new round of arms race in Northeast Asia, and even pushing the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. The skies over the Korean Peninsula are already filled with the shadows of war, and how the future situation will develop remains to be seen.