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World · 8 d ago

Dora Observatory at the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea

Lance Vanlewen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

North Korea tells the UN that Seoul 'fabricated' a landmine blast

North Korea's UN envoy wrote to the Security Council on Sunday, calling the Sep 21 blast in the Demilitarized Zone a "dubious" incident. Three South Korean soldiers were injured.

South Korea

Blames North Korean mines

North Korea

Says it was fabricated

South Korea blames North Korean landmines and calls the blast a violation of the armistice, as the US-led UN Command also said.

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Days earlier, South Korea proposed military talks to confirm the border's exact location. North Korea warned that violations of its sovereignty could trigger self-defence.