S. Korea military sorry for failing to down North’s dronesSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president on Tuesday called for stronger air defenses and high-tech stealth drones while the military apologized for failing to shoot down North Korean drones that crossed the border for the first time in five years.But we’ll advance the establishment of the drone unit as soon as possible because of yesterday’s incident,” President Yoon Suk Yeol said during a regular Cabinet Council meeting.“We’ll also introduce state-of-the art stealth drones and bolster our surveillance capability.”China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs easeNorth Korea's Kim lays out key goals to boost military powerS. Korea to pardon former leader Lee for corruption crimesS. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies dronesHe said that South Korea’s military needs more intensive readiness and exercises to cope with threats posed by North Korean drones.Lt. Gen. Kang Shin Chul, chief director of operation at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a televised statement the military feels sorry because of its failure to shoot down the North Korean drones and for causing big public concerns.Kang acknowledged South Korea lacks capacities to detect and strike small surveillance drones with a wingspan of less than 3 meters (9.8 feet) though it has assets to spot and bring down bigger combat drones."