South Korea Air Force Jets Accidentally Drop Bombs on Homes, Injuring 15

Shards of glass lie near a damaged shop after Mk82 bombs fell outside the shooting range during joint live-fire exercises near the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea, on March 6, 2025. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

POCHEON, South Korea—Fifteen people were injured in South Korea on March 6 after bombs dropped by fighter jets landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the Air Force and the fire department said.

The Gyeonggi-do Bukbu Fire Services said in a statement that 15 people were wounded, two of whom were seriously hurt.