{
  "id": 16017693,
  "title": "S. Korea to send letter to UNSC urging N. Korea to take responsibility for DMZ mine blast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/s-korea-to-send-letter-to-unsc-urging-n-korea-to-take-responsibility-16017693",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T08:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20261022/s-korea-to-send-letter-to-unsc-urging-n-korea-to-take-responsibility-for-dmz-mine-blast"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea intends to address the president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with a letter, urging North Korea to assume responsibility for a land mine blast that occurred last month in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The blasts, which took place on September 21, were attributed by the South Korean military to mines planted by North Korean forces south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL). The incidents resulted in injuries to three South Korean soldiers, with two suffering serious injuries.\n\nThe forthcoming letter will outline that the blast was a direct consequence of land mines planted by North Korean troops, in direct contravention of the Korean War Armistice Agreement. It will also demand an apology from Pyongyang and request appropriate action. Furthermore, the letter aims to draw attention to North Korea's recent efforts to portray South Korean military actions near the MDL as provocations, thereby attributing rising tensions to South Korea.",
  "summary": "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…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(LEAD) S. Korea urges N. Korea to stop border escalation acts amid Pyongyang's loudspeaker threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/lead-s-korea-urges-n-korea-to-stop-border-escalation-acts-amid",
        "published": "2026-10-22T05:29:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "PPP urges gov't to resume loudspeaker broadcasts against N. Korea's mine blast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/ppp-urges-govt-to-resume-loudspeaker-broadcasts-against-n-koreas-mine",
        "published": "2026-10-22T06:57:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}