South Korea demands North Korea stop border fortification work immediately
The military said North Korean mines were highly likely behind the Sept. 21 blast and called the incident a violation of the Armistice Agreement.
- On Wednesday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff demanded North Korea immediately halt border fortification work, warning such activities increase tensions on the Korean Peninsula and violate existing agreements.
- The demand followed an investigation linking a Sept. 21 blast to North Korean resin antipersonnel mines, which injured three South Korean soldiers south of the Military Demarcation Line.
- Investigations by the UNC confirmed an Armistice Agreement violation, identifying an active North Korean mine on the southern side of the MDL, and the UNC is addressing this through established mechanisms.
- North Korea denied involvement in a statement Wednesday by Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un, accusing Seoul of fabricating findings and warning of "merciless" retaliation.
- Gen. Kang Hyun-woo of the JCS emphasized that the North bears full responsibility for future consequences, marking the military's first official response directly addressing Pyongyang regarding the blast.
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South Korea demands North Korea stop border fortification work immediately
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Wednesday that North Korea should stop its fortification work near the inter-Korean border immediately, adding that such activities were increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff urged North Korea to apologize and take measures to prevent a recurrence regarding the incident in which a South Korean soldier was injured by a landmine explosion in the DMZ. Chief of Operations Kang Hyun-woo pointed out that North Korea's fortification activities along the border are a cause of heightened inter-Korean tensions and strongly demanded compliance with the Armistice Agreement. He warned that North Korea be…
South Korea accuses Pyongyang of being responsible for the mine explosions that injured three soldiers last week in the demilitarized zone between the two countries.
The military warned that North Korea must halt its "border fortification" activities in response to the landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, which injured three South Korean soldiers. However, voices of criticism are emerging that neither the progressive administration, which has pursued a policy of appeasement toward North Korea, nor the military, which failed to adequately prepare for signs of provocat…
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