South Korean military said an unmanned spy plane

　 According to South Korean military said an unmanned spy plane, South Korea on Jan. 31 in South Korea near the Korean border crash, but fortunately no casualties.

Border spy plane crashed in South Korea

According to U.S. media reports, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, an official in Seoul said the plane, spy plane on Jan. 31 shortly after take-off area in Pocheon crashed near a factory, located at separate South Korea, North Korea's demilitarized zone south of the about 25 km. Some of the factory windows broken by the crash, no casualties.

It is unclear spy plane crashed aircraft models, but local media reports, it may be South Korea's own R & D RQ-101 spy plane, about 4.8 meters long and weighs 250 kg. Current spy plane crash is still under investigation.

Korean Central News Agency reported on January 30, South Korea and the United States aircraft in January to the DPRK's aerial surveillance activities 160 times, compared with December 2007 increased 110 times.

Korean Central News Agency quoted a military source as saying, in January, the U.S. aircraft reconnaissance activities on the Korean air 90 times, South Korean aircraft, aerial reconnaissance activities against North Korea 70 times. Which the United States "U-2" high-altitude strategic reconnaissance plane of the aerial surveillance activities, 20 times, the United States "RC-12" tactical reconnaissance and surveillance of other models are often carried out aerial surveillance of North Korean activities.

KCNA quoted the military end of each month are the words of sources, reports on the U.S. and South Korea on North Korea's aerial surveillance aircraft, activities, and that the aerial surveillance activities will be intensified on the Korean Peninsula situation.

On the same day U.S. officials DPRK nuclear

The date of the accident, the U.S. State Department chief of South Korea Sung Kim arrived in Pyongyang with North Korean officials on North Korea's nuclear program declaration issues.

Kim Sung-line from Beijing take the afternoon flight that arrived in North Korea in Pyongyang. This is the United States since early December the delegation of six-party talks, Assistant Secretary of State Hill's visit to the DPRK since the U.S. State Department officials, the first visit. Sung Kim told reporters at the airport, he was the behavior of 3 days, the main purpose is to discuss with North Korean Foreign Ministry officials some of the problems associated with the declaration.

In accordance with the six-party talks on October 3 last year, "published the second phase of the operation of the Joint Statement," a joint document, North Korea should be December 31, 2007 to complete the Yongbyon area 3 to disable nuclear facilities, and its All nuclear program a complete and accurate declaration. Meanwhile, the U.S. should be based on North Korea's actions toward fulfilling its commitment on the parties concerned the DPRK will provide economic, energy and humanitarian assistance. (Xinhua News Agency, China Daily)