N. Korea sends letter to UNSC calling DMZ mine blast S. Korean fabrication

North Korea has addressed the president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in a letter, alleging that a recent land mine explosion near the border was fabricated by South Korea. This stance emerged shortly after South Korea submitted a letter to the UNSC urging North Korea to acknowledge responsibility for the Sept. 21 incident, which resulted in injuries to three South Korean soldiers and violated the Armistice Agreement.

In a statement released by Pyongyang's permanent representative to the United Nations, the North claimed that Seoul had staged the mine blast in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as a malicious attempt to obstruct the North's border fortification efforts. The North characterized the fortification as a legitimate and justified exercise of its sovereignty, in strict compliance with the U.N.

Charter and international law, as a self-defensive measure intended to safeguard its territorial security from potential external aggression. Furthermore, the North accused South Korean military forces of firing warning shots towards the North.