South Korean F-16 fighter jets accidentally dropped Mk82 bombs on a town near the North Korean border during a live-fire drill, injuring 15 people and damaging multiple buildings, local media reported.
The South Korean Air Force confirmed to The Korean Herald that two F-16s dropped eight unguided MK-82 bombs outside the Seungjin Training Ground area that landed in the town of Pocheon.
Officials said the fighter jets were part of Freedom Shield Exercise 2025, the annual military exercise between the South Koreans and the Americans.
Footage of the bombing near Nangyu Bridge in Nogok-ri, Idong-myeon, Pocheon, about 31 miles northeast of Seoul, surfaced on X early Thursday. Locals are not really buying the story of ‘accidentally’ dropping not 1 but 8 bombs…
South Korean Fighter Jet Accidentally Drops Bombs on Residential Village During US-ROK Drill
— Matt Kim (@FreeMattKim) March 6, 2025
During a joint US-ROK military training exercise, a South Korean fighter jet mistakenly dropped eight bombs on the residential village of Pocheon, injuring four severely and leaving… pic.twitter.com/Ul95PwvqYO