South Korea says border blasts that injured 3 officers were likely caused by North Korean mines
A joint probe found traces of TNT and brown material, and Seoul said it would hold Pyongyang responsible if the finding is confirmed.
- On Tuesday, Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul reported that North Korean mines caused a blast last week in the Demilitarized Zone, injuring two South Korean personnel and violating the Korean War armistice agreement.
- Kang told a parliamentary committee the mines appeared planted during North Korean border fortification work near the Military Demarcation Line that bisects the DMZ.
- Joint Chiefs of Staff and United Nations Command investigators found an additional resin anti-personnel mine near the blast site, with JCS Vice Chairman Kwon Dae-won assessing the mines were placed south of the MDL.
- "The responsibility lies with North Korea, so we will take corresponding measures," Kang said, adding the military plans to implement response options in stages.
- This incident complicates South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's efforts to draw Pyongyang back to dialogue, as North Korea has declared South Korea an enemy state and abandoned peaceful reunification goals.
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South Korea has filed a complaint for "armistice violation" after the explosion of mines in the demilitarized zone with North Korea The post South Korea: Complains of "armistice violation" by North Korea appeared first on in.gr.
Three soldiers were wounded last week. The army "has a range of necessary measures, and we will implement them in stages," said a South Korean minister.
Three South Korean officers were injured during the mine explosion in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on 21 September. One of them lost a foot.
South Korea has stated that mines planted by North Korea caused the explosions in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last week, calling them a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement and warning of “appropriate measures” against Pyongyang. The September 21 blasts injured three South Koreans, two of them heavily. One of them lost a leg. The incident took place in the DMZ, the armed and mined strip that separates the two Koreas since the 1953 armisti…
North Korean Mines Blast in DMZ, Injuring South Korean Troops and Raising Tensions
South Korea has accused North Korea of planting mines that caused an explosion in the Demilitarized Zone last week, injuring two South Korean personnel and violating the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. South Korean Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that the mines were North Korean and appeared to […]
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