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North Korea denies planting mines that injured 3 South Korean soldiers, accuses Seoul of conspiracy
The U.N. Command said investigators found an active North Korean anti-personnel mine and another mine during a follow-up inspection.
- On Wednesday, Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rejected South Korean findings that North Korean land mines caused the September 21 explosion, calling the assessment a "conspiratorial farce."
- The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff previously announced a "very high possibility" that North Korean mines caused the blast, which injured three South Korean soldiers near the military demarcation line.
- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul told lawmakers Tuesday that North Korea likely violated the Armistice Agreement by planting mines at "several locations," noting Seoul would consider "corresponding measures" in stages.
- Kim warned that if the South fires at North Korean troops, "our border units will take immediate and merciless retaliatory action," insisting North Korean soldiers never crossed the border.
- Since early 2024, North Korea has abandoned shared statehood for a hostile "two-state" system while rejecting U.S. calls to revive diplomacy that collapsed in 2019, intensifying border fortification efforts.
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U.N. agency monitoring the border considers the 1953 armistice violated after finding a North Korean unexploded device on the south side
·Madrid, Spain
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A mine explodes in the southern border area between North and South Korea. Seoul accuses the north of a violation of the ceasefire. Now the sister of the North Korean leader contradicts and threatens the neighboring state.
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South Korea blames North Korea for an explosion on the inner Korean border, which threatens to escalate with "return strikes."
·Berlin, Germany
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The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has denied South Korean allegations that North Korea was behind landmine explosions last week that injured three soldiers, state media reported on Wednesday.
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