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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Kim Tong-Hyung

South Korea demands apology from Kim Jong Un over ‘North Korean landmines’ in DMZ

Pyongyang dismissed findings by Seoul that North Korean forces planted landmines that wounded three South Korean troops last week, with the influential sister of leader Kim Jong Un threatening military retaliation should South Korea target her country’s border workers.

The troops suffered wounds during two consecutive blasts on 21 September close to the military demarcation line within the western sector of the Demilitarized Zone, the heavily fortified buffer separating the rival nations.

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