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North Korea fighter planes fly near border, South scrambles jets, Yonhap reports

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The North Korean flag is seen flying at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, March 27, 2018. How Hwee Young, EPA-EFE/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/10/13/20221013-northkorea.jpg"/><figcaption>The North Korean flag is seen flying at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, March 27, 2018. <em>How Hwee Young, EPA-EFE/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Nearly a dozen North Korean fighter planes flew close to the border with the South, prompting Seoul to scramble jets in response, Yonhap reported Friday.</p><p>The incident took place amid rising military tensions on the peninsula over a flurry of weapons tests by Pyongyang and was the second such event involving fighter planes in a week.</p><p>The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), cited by Yonhap, said 10 fighters had been detected flying 25 kilometers north of the inter-Korean border between 10:30 p.m. Thursday and 0:20 a.m. Friday local time, crossing a Seoul-set &quot;reconnaissance line&quot; that triggers an automatic operational response from the South.</p><p>Seoul scrambled military aircraft, including F-35A fighter jets, according to the JCS, Yonhap reported.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/08/22/north-korea-defends-missile-launch-as-defense-against-us">North Korea defends missile launch as defense against US</a></li></ul><p>The action comes shortly after Pyongyang test-fired a pair of long-range strategic cruise missiles on Wednesday, according to state media, tests supervised by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/09/30/22/vp-harris-gaffe-lauds-us-alliance-with-north-korea">Kamala Harris gaffe lauds US alliance with ... North Korea</a></li></ul><p>Pyongyang has described its recent missile tests as tactical nuclear drills that simulated taking out airports and military facilities across South Korea.</p><div><strong>RELATED NEWS</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2270413" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Seoul scrambled military aircraft, including F-35A fighter jets, according to the JCS, news agency Yonhap reported.