North Korea claims that a South Korean drone invaded the airspace above Pyongyang - why the South Korean government is reluctant to confirm

North Korea claims that a South Korean drone entered the airspace above Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and after examining the drone's wreckage, claims that it is the same model as a South Korean military drone.
The Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Workers' Party of North Korea, reported the news on the 19th of this month as an announcement made by a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense. The paper also published a photo of what it said was a South Korean military drone.
They claim that it is the same model as the "small long-distance reconnaissance drone" deployed at the National Defense Agency's "Drone Operations Command." Meanwhile, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense (Ministry of National Defense) said, "We have no firm response to the North's unilateral claims.
"It is neither worth confirming nor refuting," he said, neither confirming nor denying the allegations. The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a "serious statement" on the 11th of this month.
The statement criticized the attack as a "blatant violation of sacred national sovereignty and security, and a flagrant violation of international law."
"We will prepare to use all offensive capabilities and send a final ultimatum to the Republic of Korea, which we regard as a serious political and military provocation that should be dealt with promptly," he said.
On the 12th, the General Staff of the Korean People's Army reportedly ordered artillery units near the border between North and South Korea to prepare for further drone incursions.
The North Korean government has also put its troops on "fire standby" and strengthened its air surveillance of Pyongyang.
Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of General Secretary Kim Jung Eun, issued a statement: "We clearly know that the main culprits behind the drone attack on Pyongyang are the scum of the Republic of Korea military.
"He then criticized both the United States and South Korea, saying, "If the sovereignty of a nuclear-armed country has been violated by a mongrel tamed by an American, then the owners who raised them should take responsibility."
Kim also convened a defense and security consultation meeting on the same day, where he discussed the intrusion of South Korean drones into Pyongyang airspace, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
Meanwhile, a South Korean military official denied the North Korean allegation immediately after it was made, saying, "We have never sent a drone."
However, the official statement did not clearly explain the facts. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Ku Byung-sam said at a regular press conference on the same day that North Korea was claiming that a tourist drone had invaded Pyongyang airspace.
Regarding the matter, he said, "It is possible that the purpose was to create a justification for provocation or to stir up anxiety and confusion within South Korean society."
"They have used it to rally their people and control the residents by increasing crises and tensions. I think the sudden drone incident has a similar intention."
A spokesman for North Korea's Ministry of National Defense said on the 18th that the drone had been found and retrieved in Pyongyang.
On the 19th, the news agency reported the incident and also streamed a photo of what was believed to be the recovered drone. According to the agency, the Ministry of Defense and others analyzed the remains of the drone and found that it had been destroyed during the commemorative event for the "National Armed Forces Day" on the 1st of this month.
"If we find any further acts of incursion (against North Korea), we will launch immediate retaliatory attacks," he said.
Meanwhile, Rep. Yoo Yu-won of the ruling People Power Party, who is a member of the National Assembly's Defense Committee, said that the shape of the drone released by North Korea
According to Yu, the drone that North Korea claims "was infiltrating Pyongyang" is not a drone possessed by the South Korean military.
The report also said that the rear of the wing was smaller than that of a human-powered aircraft. In addition, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said about the North Korean Defense Ministry's announcement on the 18th, "There is no merit in verifying North Korea's unilateral claims.
It has been pointed out that the South Korean government is reluctant to confirm the facts, but on the 13th, Shin Won-sik, the head of the National Security Advisor to the South Korean President, said,
"The very act of verifying the facts about the drone would be in line with North Korea's intentions to strengthen control within North Korea and destabilize South Korea," he explained on a KBS TV program.