A US high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft U-2S ‘Dragon Lady’ flies into the US Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 60km south of Seoul, on Monday. Kim Yo-jong claimed a US aircraft had “retreated” when the North Korean air force sent up a sortie of planes. Photo: Yonhap/EPA-EFE

A US high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft U-2S ‘Dragon Lady’ flies into the US Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 60km south of Seoul, on Monday. Kim Yo-jong claimed a US aircraft had “retreated” when the North Korean air force sent up a sortie of planes. Photo: Yonhap/EPA-EFE