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.

2025-12-09

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.

2025-03-15

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

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

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.

2023-07-17

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.

2023-06-08

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.

2023-06-06

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.

2023-01-27

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

Chinese and Russian planes fly through Korea's ADIZ

Two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered Korea’s air defense identification zone without notice Wednesday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).