The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 27, 2012 U.S. to Sell Surveillance Drones to South Korea ------------------------------------------------ The United States has reached a tentative $1.2 billion deal with South Korea for the sale of four advanced surveillance drones to monitor North Korea. Critics have voiced fears the sale will heighten military tensions in the Korean Peninsula. .