North Korea Blasts Spark South Korea's Demand for Apology

South Korea'It was military has demanded an apology from North Korea for landmine blasts along their shared border that wounded South Korean soldiers earlier this month. Three South Korean personnel were injured by explosions in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) - a buffer zone separating the two Koreas, on 21 September.

South Korea has confirmed that the recent explosions along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) are likely the result of North Korean mines. A finding that has prompted the country to take decisive action in response to a breach of the decades-old armistice agreement.

noting that to escalate tensions on the peninsula.political and military provocation.

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Kim denied suggestions that North Korean had crossed the border to plant the mines. Calling ita deliberate and planned strained assertion to shift the responsibility for escalating tensionto North Korea.

UNC remains committed to maintaining and enforcing the Armistice Agreement and fulfilling its responsibilities to preserve stability and prevent escalation on the Korean Peninsula, it said.

South Korea says the mines are believed to have been laid by Pyongyang to fortify its border. In a statement on Wednesday, it called for North Korea to apologise for the blast and put an immediate stop to such fortification activities along the border.

violation of the 1953 armistice, which halted active combat in the Korean War.

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In 2015, two South Korean soldiers were maimed by landmines while patrolling the area. South, Korea said. the mines had been secretly planted by North Korean soldiers near a South Korean guard post - a claim that Pyongyang denied.

The blasts occurred on South Korea's side of the DMZ. This is a 4km-wide buffer strip containing the Military Demarcation Line marking the land border between the two Koreas.

The United Nations Command conducted on-site investigations into the blasts with the South Korean military and said it would handle the violation of the 1953 armistice through established Armistice mechanisms.