North Korea denies planting landmines in DMZ
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 09:07 · Archive
North Korea has accused South Korea of fabricating September landmine blasts that injured three South Korean soldiers.
South Korea reported that three of its soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion on 21 September in the Demilitarised Zone, the buffer strip between the two countries. Seoul's military concluded that North Korean troops had planted the mines south of the Military Demarcation Line, the boundary separating the two Koreas.
North Korea's permanent representative to the United Nations sent a letter to the Security Council on Sunday rejecting the accusations. The letter claimed South Korea had fabricated the mine blasts as a 'sinister obstructive move' intended to obstruct North Korea's border fortification efforts. Pyongyang described its construction work as a 'legitimate and just exercise of its sovereignty' and a self-defence measure. North Korea also accused South Korea's military of firing on its personnel involved in the border project, calling this a violation of the UN Charter.
South Korea had sent its own letter to the Security Council on Thursday, outlining its investigation into the explosions and accusing North Korea of violating the armistice agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. The South Korean Unification Ministry said Pyongyang's response was designed to justify its border fortification work and serve as a counter to Seoul's UN message.
How it is being reported
- North Korea calls DMZ mine blasts ‘fabricated’ in letter to UNSCNorth Korea accused South Korea of fabricating last month's land mine explosions inside the DMZ in a letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council, state-run media reported Monday.UPI · 26 Oct, 08:47
- Seoul ‘fabricated” landmine blast, North Korea tells UN in letterSouth Korea blames Pyongyang for September landmine blast, but North Korea says incident a 'sinister obstructive move'.Al Jazeera · 26 Oct, 02:55
In this story: North Korea · South Korea · United Nations Security Council · Demilitarised Zone · Korean Peninsula
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