The U.N.’s aviation body has dismissed North Korea’s request for an investigation into its claim that a South Korean drone violated airspace over Pyongyang last year. 

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) did not accept the request from the DPRK during a meeting held on April 1, a South Korean foreign ministry official told NK News on Friday. 

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