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South Korea says North Korea mines caused border blast
South Korea said it wounded two soldiers during operations in the DMZ, and linked the blast to mine work North Korea has been carrying out since April 2024.
South Korea said a border blast that seriously wounded two soldiers was caused by anti-personnel mines planted by North Korea, according to a briefing by the South’s military, citing joint investigations with the United Nations Command and scientific evidence.
South Korea said North Korea has been fortifying its border with the South since April 2024, deploying up to 7,000 workers to install mines and fences this year and recording some 50 border-crossing incidents.
The two Koreas are still technically at war following the 1950-53 conflict, which ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty, according to the same briefing.
South Korea’s vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Kwon Dae-won, said the findings determined South Korean troops conducting regular operations in the demilitarised zone were severely wounded by a mine installed south of the military demarcation line under North Korea’s so-called fortification work.