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Gavin Blackburn

North Korean landmine blasts in DMZ a 'violation of armistice,' Seoul says

The blasts that wounded three South Korean soldiers last week were apparently caused by North Korean mines, Seoul said on Tuesday, adding it was an armistice violation that would prompt "corresponding measures."

One troop lost a foot due to the explosions in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer zone that has divided the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice.

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