A military probe revealed Monday that the two KF-16 fighter pilots responsible for accidentally bombing Pocheon, Gyeonggi, entered the wrong target coordinates despite a three-step verification process.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States on Monday began their annual joint military exercises, but they paused live-fire training while Seoul investigates how two of its fighter jets mistakenly bombed a civilian area during a warm-up drill last week.

Multiple people have been injured, two seriously, after South Korea fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs over a village in Pocheon, according to local media reports.

Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training, injuring at least eight people, officials said.

A northern village accidentally bombed by South Korean fighter jets will be designated a special disaster area. Acting President and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok instructed officials on Saturday to "swiftly declare the Pocheon area,