Suspected Landmine Blast Injures Three South Korean Troops at Heavily Fortified North Korea Border

An explosion injured three South Korean military officers inside the heavily fortified DMZ separating the Koreas (Credit: Lance Vanlewen / Wikimedia Commons)

Three South Korean military officers have been injured, two seriously, in a suspected landmine explosion inside the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone separating South and North Korea.

The blast occurred at around 10.50am on Monday during a search operation south of the Military Demarcation Line in the western section of the DMZ, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.