150km to Pyongyang..."Who sent the unmanned plane?" The expert's opinion is... [Y transcript]

■ Host: Cho Jin-hyuk Anchor
■ Starring: Researcher at Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Yangwook

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◇Anchor> So let's look at how the drone flew and sprayed flyers from there. First of all, from the distance, it seems to be about 300km round trip, but there is a question mark on which way you sent it. There are also questions about whether the private sector has this kind of technology, so what do you think?

◆ Yang Wook> To put it very simply, North Korea started sending drones into the territory of the Republic of Korea in 2014, and the problem continued. The distance that the drone flew seems to be at least 500km. But the drone was a Chinese-made Minsu type drone.

◇Anchor> Not even in the military.

◆ Yang Wook> This was Min Soo-yong. So North Korea sent it to hide that they sent it themselves. Likewise, for example, it is said to have been sent from Imjingak, Paju, but it may be later than that. It may be a place where we don't expect at all. It could be Incheon, it could be Gimpo, and it probably didn't go straight from there. If I were to think of it, I'd go around the coast. Then the actual round-trip distance would be over 400km. I would have flown normally like that, but then can I make it? It can be made by the private sector.

This is the case in China because private companies have already made drones with such performance. It's enough to buy parts and make the same here. If the national intelligence agency or something like this sent North Korea with the intention of deceiving it like this, it would be better to just get it from somewhere or copy it and send it, there is no reason to make and send a new model in such a cumbersome way. In that context, I can tell you that this is not related to the existing military or anything like this. When I looked at the form of the propaganda leaflet, I could also confirm that it was not sent by the organization that sent the existing propaganda leaflets to North Korea.

The reason is that if you look at the existing North Korea leaflets, you have to show a lot of information in a limited way, so there are a lot of letters written very densely. It's very small, because it needs to spread. But if you look at that, it's not a place where there's much know-how in spreading it. Once you drop it in a bundle, it comes down in the middle, scatters like a bomb, and if it's sprayed in the middle, you won't know, but dropping the whole barrel doesn't seem very professional in this area. And the shape of the Vira is completely different. If you look at the paper material now, you can't see it as a very thin and waterproof material used in existing propaganda leaflets. So it's possible to predict that it's not something that was done by the organization you were sending.

◇ Anchor> Then this is just a guess.And if it's not Ma, and it's not any North Korean organization, then where did he spend it?

◆ Yang-wook> I don't know. First of all, what I'm going to tell you is basically enough to be sent from the private sector. The technology is sufficient. Then there may be enough intentions. For example, if you look at North Korea's behavior and this part, wouldn't it be possible for those who were frustrated to send this part directly? In the past, cases of civilians who infiltrated small drones into the northern area and filmed them have also been introduced on broadcasts. So let me just reiterate that this is not at all impossible for individuals to do.

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: Lee Sun Digital News Team Editor

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