North Korea: ”Artillery brigade in full firing readiness...will attack immediately if South Korean drone intrudes” - South Korean report

On the 12th, the General Staff of the North Korean People's Army issued a preliminary operational order to allied artillery units and units tasked with important firepower missions near the border, calling for them to be on full firing readiness.
On the 13th, a spokesman for the North Korean Ministry of National Defense said, "The General Staff has prepared the combined artillery units near the border and units tasked with important firepower missions for full firing readiness.
The North Korean Ministry of Defense announced through the Korean Central News Agency that the General Staff's preliminary operational instructions had been issued, "The Ministry of Defense announced that eight fully armed units were to be deployed in accordance with the wartime standard.
"Transition the artillery brigade to firing standby status by 8 p.m. on the 13th and complete all operations," he said, instructing to take all possible measures to prepare for drone attacks.
"The Korean People's Army General Staff has further provoked South Korea with drone violations of its airspace," a spokesman for the North Korean Defense Ministry said.
"We should predict that there is a high possibility of a retaliation and immediately attack specific enemy targets if a retaliation is confirmed," and "we should assume a situation in which armed conflict escalates and each unit should thoroughly prepare for the development of their own situation."
Prior to this, the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a major statement through the Korean Central News Agency on the 10th, stating, "South Korea will
"In the early hours of the 9th and 10th, they used a drone to scatter political propaganda leaflets in the air above central Pyongyang," the statement said, adding, "This serious political and military provocation has caused the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to take serious measures."
"The drone attack has damaged the sovereignty and dignity of the Republic of Korea," Kim Yo-jong, vice director of the Workers' Party of Korea, said in a statement on the 12th, "We are the subject of this drone provocation."
"I have no interest in whoever is behind this," he said, adding, "Once again, we will make our position clear. We will not send unmanned vehicles carrying 'garbage' that incite anti-DPRK politics across the border from South Korea.
"If the aircraft again violates Republic airspace, we will respond strongly and take retaliatory action, regardless of the nature of the violation," he said, teasing an aggressive response to the drones.
In response to the North Korean drone intrusion message, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on the 10th, "We will confirm whether it is true or not.
Regarding Kim's remarks, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense said, "North Korea, which has not been able to confirm who was behind the so-called 'Pyongyang drone leaflet scattering,' has not been able to confirm that it was carrying out the drone scattering over Pyongyang."
"The publicity surrounding the loophole in security and describing it as a 'horrible tragedy' can only be interpreted as the result of the insecurity of a dictatorial regime."