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NewsColony US flies spy plane over Korean Peninsula to monitor N. Korea SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) — A U.S. surveillance aircraft flew over South Korea, an aviation tracker said Wednesday, the latest in a series of near-daily flights to monitor North Korea amid speculation about leader Kim Jong-un’s health condition. The U.S. Air Force’s RC-135W Rivet Joint was spotted in skies above Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province, Aircraft Spots tweeted without specifying the exact time of the operation. This type of aircraft was last spotted on Monday, which was followed by surveillance operations by the air force’s E-8C and navy’s P-3C, according to the tracker. The United States has allowed several types of spy planes to be detected here more often than before in recent months as Pyongyang has moved to beef up its defense capabilities amid stalled denuclearization talks with Washington. North Korea’s last such maneuver took place on April 14, when it fired what appeared to be cruis...