{
  "id": 10805566,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T23:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "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": "On Wednesday, North Korea rejected South Korea's claim that a mine likely from the North caused a recent blast inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), accusing Seoul of inventing the findings and threatening \"immediate and merciless\" retaliation if its soldiers are attacked. Kim Yo-jong, North Korea's powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un, issued the warning in a statement following the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff's (JCS) announcement on Monday that North Korean land mines were \"highly likely\" to have caused the explosion on September 21 that injured three South Korean soldiers. Kim emphasized that it is important not to ignore the fact that the armed gangsters of the ROK are fabricating groundless results and justifying their actions for political and military provocation against the DPRK, openly discussing the \"reasonable and corresponding enforcement of measures.\" DPRK is the official name for North Korea, while ROK is the acronym for South Korea.",
  "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": "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",
        "published": "2026-09-29T23:07:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
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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."
}