Parliamentary committee adopts resolution denouncing N. Korea over DMZ mine blast

A parliamentary committee in South Korea voted on Wednesday to condemn North Korea in response to recent land mine explosions near the inter-Korean border that injured three South Korean soldiers. The move was led by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), which passed the resolution. The National Assembly's defense committee adopted the resolution, describing the incident as a provocation that violated the Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953.

The lawmakers also urged the government to provide treatment and support for the injured soldiers and to collaborate with the United Nations Command to present the facts to the international community. However, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) walked out of the meeting in protest during the vote. Once the resolution passes the defense committee, it can be sent to the full assembly for a vote.

The DPK and the PPP had been in disagreement over the content of the resolution, particularly whether to explicitly label the blasts as an act of provocation by North Korea.