North Korea accuses U.S. of repeatedly entering its economic zone

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday accused a U.S. military spy plane of entering the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone eight times, state media KCNA reported.
Kim warned that the U.S. forces will face a “very critical flight” if they continue what it called “illegal intrusion,” repeating an accusation it made on Monday that the U.S. had violated its airspace by conducting surveillance flights. It also warned such flights may be shot down.
The Pentagon earlier brushed aside Pyongyang’s accusations of airspace violations and said the U.S. military had adhered to international law.
Kim accused the U.S. Air Force of intruding into the North’s “economic water zone” on Monday off the east coast of the Korean peninsula in the sky above the sea 435 km (270 miles) east of Tongchon of Gangwon Province and 276 km southeast of Uljin of North Gyeongsang Province.