{
  "id": 12103368,
  "title": "S. Korean military launches operation to remove NK mines at recent DMZ blast site",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/s-korean-military-launches-operation-to-remove-nk-mines-at-recent-dmz-12103368",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T08:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20261005/s-korean-military-launches-operation-to-remove-nk-mines-at-recent-dmz-blast-site"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The South Korean military launched a mission on Monday to extract any remaining land mines placed by North Korea at the recent blast site within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). This incident occurred on September 21, when two South Korean military officers sustained injuries, two of them serious, due to the detonation of two land mines located south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the western DMZ.\n\nFollowing a thorough joint inspection of the blast location by the United Nations Command (UNC) and South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), it was determined with high probability that the mines had been strategically planted by North Korea. In response to this, Seoul demanded an apology from Pyongyang. The United Nations Command (UNC), which supervises the DMZ, declared the latest explosion to be a clear violation of the Armistice Agreement that concluded the 1950-53 Korean War.\n\nInterestingly, North Korea has vehemently denied any involvement in the blast, instead accusing South Korea of manufacturing the evidence and threatening \"immediate and merciless retaliation\" should their troops be targeted.",
  "summary": "The South Korean military launched an operation Monday to remove any remaining land mines planted by North Korea at the site of a recent blast inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that left three South Korean service members injured. Three South Korean military officers were injured Sept. 21, two seriously, when two land mines south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the western DMZ…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(URGENT) S. Korean military launches operation to remove N. Korean mines at recent DMZ blast site: JCS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/urgent-s-korean-military-launches-operation-to-remove-n-korean-mines",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:05:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korean military launches operation to remove NK mines at recent DMZ blast site",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/s-korean-military-launches-operation-to-remove-nk-mines-at-recent-dmz",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:32:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Military Concludes N. Korean Antipersonnel Mines Caused Sept. 21 DMZ Blast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/military-concludes-n-korean-antipersonnel-mines-caused-sept-21-dmz",
        "published": "2026-10-05T08:32:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "South Korea blames North Korean mines for border blast injuries and urges apology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/south-korea-blames-north-korean-mines-for-border-blast-injuries-and",
        "published": "2026-10-05T09:35:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "South Korean probe concludes Pyongyang planted DMZ mines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/south-korean-probe-concludes-pyongyang-planted-dmz-mines",
        "published": "2026-10-05T09:39:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "South Korea blames North Korean mines for border blast injuries and urges apology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/south-korea-blames-north-korean-mines-for-border-blast-injuries-and-12136663",
        "published": "2026-10-05T10:18:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}