Eight people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after bombs dropped by an Air Force jet landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the air force and a fire official said.

Two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight bombs in a rural area near the North Korean border. Footage showed plumes of smoke and damaged trucks, houses and a church.

Fifteen people were injured in an accident in which bombs were "abnormally" dropped by a South Korean fighter jet during an exercise on Thursday, the country's military officials said. South Korea’s Defense Ministry confirmed that eight MK-82 bombs were dropped from an aircraft during a live-fire exercise that took place in the Nogok-ri area of Pocheon,

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft, satellite imagery showed, an asset that experts say will sharply bolster the country’s air force power when it’s deployed.

Satellite images indicate that North Korea is in the final stages of developing its first early warning aircraft, which could considerably enhance its surveillance and air operation coordination capabilities.

North Korea is close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft, which could significantly enhance its military capabilities. Satellite images reveal the presence of a modified Ilyushin Il-76 with a mounted radar dome reminiscent of Chinese technological solutions,