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Chinese, Russian military aircraft briefly enter Korea's air defense identification zone during joint drills

About 10 aircraft participating in joint exercises did not enter Korea's sovereign airspace but still prompted Korea's military to deploy jets for contingencies.

2026.6.27

A Russian Sukhoi fighter jet escorts a Chinese H-6 bomber in May 2024, when Russian and Chinese military aircraft entered Korea’s air defense identification zone. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Chinese and Russian military aircraft enter and exit Kadiz

Chinese and Russian military aircraft, including bombers and fighter jets, entered and exited Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) on Tuesday morning, Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

2025.12.9

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Multiple Russian warplanes briefly enter Kadiz during training: JCS

Multiple Russian warplanes entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) in the East Sea on Saturday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, prompting the South to send its fighter jets in response.

2025.3.15

This file photo shows a Russian TU-95 bomber that flew into the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (Kadiz) in July 2019 [YONHAP]

Five Chinese, six Russian aircraft enter Kadiz without notice

Five Chinese and six Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defense zone on Friday, prompting the military to deploy fighter jets.

2024.11.29

A file photo of a military aircraft entering Korea’s air defense zone, or Kadiz. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Chinese, Russian military aircraft enter Kadiz, South Korea scrambles fighter jets

South Korea scrambled fighter jets after Chinese and Russian military aircraft enter Korea's air defense zone (Kadiz) on Thursday.

2023.12.14

Aegis-equipped destroyers ROKS Yulgok Yi I, left, USS John Finn, center, and JS Maya, right, take part in a trilateral missile defense exercise by South Korean, U.S. and Japanese naval forces in the East Sea on Sunday. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY]

Competing drills in East Sea reflect growing bloc rivalry

The waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula appear increasingly crowded with dueling military drills that highlight the hardening divide between the United States and its regional allies on one side, and China and Russia on the other.

2023.7.17

Chinese military aircraft take part in an air drill on Nov. 30, 2022, when two Russian and six Chinese warplanes entered Korea’s air defense identification zone during a joint exercise. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Lawmaker says Russian, Chinese warplanes make dozens of incursions into Kadiz

Chinese and Russian warplanes have conducted between 70 and 90 incursions into Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) annually since 2019, a conservative lawmaker said Thursday.

2023.6.8

A Chinese J-16 fighter takes part in an air drill on Nov. 30, 2022, as Russian and Chinese strategic bombers conducted a joint patrol over the western Pacific region. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Fighters scrambled after Chinese, Russian aircraft enter Kadiz

Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) for about an hour on Tuesday before leaving the area, the Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

2023.6.6

A U.S. F-16 fighter conducts live fire training near Kunsan Air Base in North Jeolla on Dec. 1,2022, a day after Chinese and Russian warplanes entered Korea's air defense identification zone on Nov. 30, 2022. [U.S. AIR FORCE]

Two Chinese warplanes enter Kadiz on Thursday

Two Chinese fighter jets flew through the overlapping parts of the air defense identification zones of Korea and China earlier this week, prompting the Korean military to scramble its warplanes to the scene, officials said Friday.

2023.1.27

Russia’s Tu-95 strategic bomber, top, and China’s H-6 bomber, above. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Chinese, Russian planes enter Kadiz in coordination

Two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) Wednesday, seemingly in coordination.

2022.11.30