{
  "id": 10801878,
  "title": "N. Korea denies responsibility for DMZ mine blast, warns S. Korea of retaliation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/n-korea-denies-responsibility-for-dmz-mine-blast-warns-s-korea-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T23:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260930/n-korea-denies-responsibility-for-dmz-mine-blast-warns-s-korea-of-retaliation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "North Korea vehemently denied South Korea's claim that a North Korean land mine was responsible for a recent explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), accusing Seoul of fabricating evidence and threatening \"immediate and merciless\" retaliation should its troops be attacked. Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, issued the warning in a statement following South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announcement on Monday that North Korean mines were \"highly likely\" to have caused the Sept. 21 incident that injured three South Korean soldiers. Kim emphasized that the \"armed gangsters\" of the Republic of Korea (RoK) were fabricating the results for political and military reasons, openly discussing \"reasonable and corresponding enforcement of measures\" in a statement carried by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).",
  "summary": "North Korea on Wednesday denied South Korea's announcement that a North Korean mine likely caused a recent blast inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), accusing Seoul of fabricating the findings and warning of \"immediate and merciless\" retaliation if its troops are fired upon. Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, issued the warning in a statement after the South…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) N. Korean leader's sister denies S. Korean military's claim on DMZ blast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/urgent-n-korean-leaders-sister-denies-s-korean-militarys-claim-on-dmz",
        "published": "2026-09-29T21:13:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "North Korea denies South's claim it was behind DMZ mine blasts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/north-korea-denies-souths-claim-it-was-behind-dmz-mine-blasts",
        "published": "2026-09-29T23:17:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "N. Korea denies responsibility for DMZ mine blast, warns S. Korea of retaliation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/n-korea-denies-responsibility-for-dmz-mine-blast-warns-s-korea-of-10805566",
        "published": "2026-09-29T23:27:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}