South Korea Says Border Blasts that Injured 3 Officers Were Likely Caused by North Korean Mines
The military said a field investigation found blast marks and debris that pointed to North Korea, and it vowed corresponding measures.
- On Monday, South Korea's military determined it was "highly likely" that North Korean mines caused explosions on September 21 in the Demilitarised Zone, injuring three soldiers.
- The Demilitarised Zone, a 248-kilometer, 4-kilometer-wide border, remains one of the world's most heavily fortified areas where North Korea has recently added mines and anti-tank barriers.
- A reconnaissance team was establishing a patrol route when two consecutive explosions injured three soldiers, two seriously, during an operation inspected with the United Nations Command.
- Staff Vice Chairman Kwon Dae-won announced that South Korea will hold North Korea fully responsible, warning the military will take "appropriate and corresponding measures."
- Amid deteriorating relations in recent years over North Korea's nuclear program, this incident echoes the 2015 landmine explosions that sharply raised tensions between the Koreas.
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South Korea says border blasts that injured 3 officers were likely caused by North Korean mines
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea likely planted the land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers last week along the heavily fortified border separating the countries, South Korea’s military said Monday. The preliminary finding could further inflame tensions between the rivals. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the preliminary finding after inspecting...
South Korea's military said Monday that a North Korean mine was likely the cause of an explosion in the demilitarized zone between the North and the South last week that injured three South Korean soldiers.
South Korea says border blasts that injured 3 officers were likely caused by North Korean miness
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea likely planted the land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers last week along the heavily fortified border separating the countries, South Korea’s military said Monday.
Seoul says North Korean mines 'highly suspected' as cause of DMZ blast
The DMZ is a 248-kilometre (154-mile) long and roughly four-kilometre (2.5-mile) wide buffer zone that has divided the Korean Peninsula since the 1953 armistice. While the zone itself is officially demilitarised, its northern and southern boundaries are among the world's most heavily fortified frontiers and remain littered with landmines. With no peace treaty signed, Seoul and Pyongyang technically remain at war. The preliminary findings of a jo…
North Korean mine ‘likely’ caused DMZ blast that injured 3 troops: ROK
South Korea’s military said Monday an explosion that seriously injured three soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) seven days earlier was “highly likely” to have been caused by a North Korean mine, citing preliminary evidence. During a briefing at the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Seoul at 8:30 p.m. KST, ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) […]
This website is from Cedarnews.net. We are the source of the most influential and influential news. [Seoul, Kyodo] Regarding the landmine explosion on the 21st in the southern part of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the military demarcation line between South and North Korea, which injured three South Korean military officers, the South Korean military announced on the 28th the results of an interim investigation indicating that the landmine w…
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