S. Korea to send letter to UNSC urging N. Korea to take responsibility for DMZ mine blast
South Korea plans to send a letter to the president of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) calling on North Korea to apologize for last month's land mine blast and take responsibility for its violation of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The South Korean military concluded the Sept. 21 blasts in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) were caused by North Korean mines…
South Korea intends to send a letter to the president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging North Korea to take responsibility for last month's land mine blast in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), according to the foreign ministry. The incidents, which occurred on September 21, injured three South Korean soldiers, two of them seriously.
The blast was caused by North Korean mines planted south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), as determined by the South Korean military. The letter will highlight that the blast resulted from land mines secretly laid by North Korean troops in contravention of the Korean War Armistice Agreement. It will demand an apology from Pyongyang and call for appropriate actions.
Furthermore, the South Korean foreign ministry aims to draw attention to North Korea's recent attempts to blame South Korean troops' legitimate military activities near the MDL for the rising tensions and to shift the responsibility for the escalating situation onto South Korea.
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