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  "title": "Seoul-area airport departures suspended during reported drone incursion",
  "place": "Seoul region",
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  "summary": "Departures at Gimpo and Incheon airports were temporarily suspended on 26 December 2022 following a military request during a reported drone incursion. South Korea’s military attributed the drones to North Korea.",
  "impact": "Transport officials reported suspensions beginning at 13:08 KST at Gimpo and 13:22 KST at Incheon, with traffic resuming around 14:10. Airport corporations separately reported delayed departures.",
  "evidence": "Reuters interviewed the transport ministry. Korea JoongAng Daily additionally cites Korea Airports Corporation and Incheon International Airport Corporation on delays. Drone identification and attribution share the South Korean military as their original source.",
  "unknown": "The earlier JoongAng account says two drones in its lead; later Reuters says five. No count is adopted. JoongAng says the military had not confirmed a connection between closure and incursion; later Reuters places both in the response. Airport closure clocks are not exact drone observation times. No separate dossier is proposed for the same Incheon disruption.",
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  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/seoul-airports-drone-response-2022-12-26/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “Seoul-area airport departures suspended during reported drone incursion”, dossier seoul-airports-drone-response-2022-12-26, revision 2, updated 2026-10-16. https://droneincidents.com/incident/seoul-airports-drone-response-2022-12-26/",
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    "note": "Removed the single-airport archive link: the disruption affected both Gimpo and Incheon."
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