Defense Ministry Summons Russian Military Attach? Over Repeated KADIZ Intrusions, Urges Prevention of Recurrence

Entered Eight Times Since the 11th of This Month

The Ministry of National Defense summoned the Russian defense attach? on the 20th to protest Russia's repeated incursions into South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ).

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At 4:30 p.m. that day, the Director of International Policy summoned the Russian defense attach? in South Korea (Colonel Nikolai Marchenko) to sternly protest the situation and urge prevention of recurrence, the Ministry of National Defense announced.

According to the Ministry of National Defense, on that day, Russian military aircraft entered the KADIZ multiple times without prior notification and flew close to about 20 km outside the airspace boundary without responding to communications from the South Korean military.

Russian military aircraft have unlawfully entered the KADIZ a total of eight times from the 11th to that day, and the South Korean military has taken active countermeasures to protect the airspace while complying with international law.

The Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is an arbitrarily established zone by each country to identify unidentified aircraft early and prevent airspace violations, and it is conceptually different from "airspace." Generally, when foreign aircraft enter a country's ADIZ, it is customary to obtain prior permission from the military authorities of that country to avoid accidental situations.

The Ministry of National Defense stated, "Our military will actively respond to the activities of neighboring countries' aircraft in the KADIZ while complying with international law to protect our airspace."

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