'Self-Staged Farce': Kim Yo Jong Denies North Korean Role in DMZ Mine Blast
Seoul says North Korean mines likely caused the blast that injured 3 soldiers, while Pyongyang calls the finding fabricated and threatens retaliation.
- On Wednesday, North Korea denied responsibility for a Demilitarized Zone land mine blast that injured three South Korean soldiers on Sept. 21, dismissing Seoul's findings as a "conspiratorial farce" and threatening "immediate and merciless" retaliation.
- South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced Monday that North Korean mines were "highly likely" the cause, a finding that violated the Armistice Agreement, prompting Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul to warn Seoul would take "corresponding measures" if confirmed.
- Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accused the South of provocation, claiming North Korean soldiers "have never crossed the border" and describing border fortification work as "only a thorough exercise of sovereignty."
- Warning of "tactical counterattack means," the North Korean army threatened action toward the Demilitarized Zone area near South Korea's 21st Infantry Division of the 3rd Corps, with border units already issued counteraction principles.
- Since April 2024, North Korea has fortified the border with mines and anti-tank barriers, as authorities reported North Korean troops recently increased Military Demarcation Line crossings, with more than 20 cases recorded last month alone.
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In response to North Korean Workers' Party General Affairs Director Kim Yo-jong strongly denying the landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as a "self-staged farce by Seoul," the Ministry of Unification issued a statement on the 1st, stating, "This has once again confirmed the high wall of distrust between the South and North resulting from the hostile and confrontational policies of the past few years."
North Korea denies any involvement in the explosion at the inter-Korean border of 21 September and raises the shot: immediate and ruthless reprisals. North Korea denies any involvement in the explosion at the inter-Korean border of 21 September and raises the shot: immediate and ruthless reprisals. North Korea denies any involvement in the explosion at the inter-Korean border of 21 September.
N Korea denies planting mines that injured S Koreans
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un yesterday rejected South Korean findings that North Korea planted land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers last week and threatened to retaliate if the South fires on the North’s troops fortifying the border. The incident could furthe
In a statement released by North Korea on the 30th, Kim Yo-jong, Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, denied that North Korean landmines were planted south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), the boundary between the two Koreas, claiming, “Our soldiers have never once crossed the border.” Although there are reports within the South Korean military that there were traces of grass being cut by North…
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