{
  "id": 9972658,
  "title": "S. Korean military, UN Command conduct joint survey on DMZ blast site ahead of probe: JCS",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/s-korean-military-un-command-conduct-joint-survey-on-dmz-blast-site",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T12:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20260926/s-korean-military-un-command-conduct-joint-survey-on-dmz-blast-site-ahead-of-probe-jcs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea's military and the U.N. Command jointly surveyed the site of a suspected mine explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to prepare for an on-site investigation, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The explosions, which occurred on Monday, severely injured a battalion commander and a staff sergeant from the 25th Infantry Division, a frontline unit on the western section of the heavily fortified border. Speculation suggests an illegally planted North Korean land mine may have caused the blast, but the JCS maintains it is not influenced by the Lee Jae Myung government's conciliatory policy toward Pyongyang. Opposition lawmakers accuse the military of dragging its feet on the investigation.",
  "summary": "South Korea's military said Saturday it conducted a joint survey with the U.N. Command (UNC) overseeing the inter-Korean border at the site of a suspected mine blast inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to secure an access route ahead of an on-site probe into the incident. The joint survey by the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the UNC came as they plan to carry out an on-site…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korean military, U.N. Command conduct joint survey on DMZ blast site ahead of probe: JCS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/s-korean-military-u-n-command-conduct-joint-survey-on-dmz-blast-site",
        "published": "2026-09-26T11:13:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korean military, UN Command conduct joint survey on DMZ blast site ahead of probe: JCS",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/s-korean-military-un-command-conduct-joint-survey-on-dmz-blast-site-9975896",
        "published": "2026-09-26T12:32:04.000Z"
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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."
}