North Korea denies planting mines that injured 3 South Korean soldiers, accuses Seoul of conspiracy
Seoul says forensic evidence points to North Korean mines as a border-fortification effort, while investigators found a possible fourth mine.
- 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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South Korea has demanded an apology from North Korea after a landmine explosion injured three South Korean soldiers in the demilitarized zone between the two countries on September 21. The South Korean military has urged Pyongyang to stop actions that are raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and take responsible measures. “North Korea must immediately stop its activities that are raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and we demand an apo…
South Korea demands that its North neighbour apologize after mine explosions injured three of its soldiers in the DMZ last week. Pyongyang, by the voice of Kim Yo Jong, rejected on Wednesday any responsibility and accused Seoul of making a pretext for a military "provocation".
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South Korean soldiers were injured last week by an explosion in the border area. North Korea denies being behind it.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) stated on the 30th that North Korea’s “border fortification,” including the laying of landmines near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), is a clear violation of the Armistice Agreement and must be stopped immediately. This statement comes in response to a remark by Kim Yo-jong, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, calling the landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)…
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