North Korea’s DMZ landmines sabotage the South’s peace push

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North Korea’s landmine placements along the heavily fortified border have heightened tensions with South Korea and exposed widening disagreement over the boundary. Seoul blames Pyongyang for an explosion near the military demarcation line that wounded three South Korean soldiers and says it is preparing a response seeking an apology.

North Korea’s laying of landmines along its heavily fortified border with the South has laid bare how misaligned the two nations have become over their de facto land boundary, after three South Korean soldiers were wounded in an explosion last month. Seoul blames Pyongyang for the blast near the military demarcation line (MDL) on September 21, in which one soldier lost a foot. On Tuesday, its Foreign Ministry said in a statement it was preparing a response to force an apology for the blast,...