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North Korea records “number of casualties” after landmine explosion in demilitarized zone

A Landmine explosion In border area between north korea and south korea There have been “multiple casualties” in the North Korean ranks, local media reported this Tuesday.

Vladimir PutinPresident of Russia, I was going to visit the capital of North KoreaPyongyang, for the first time since 2000. Hours before this visit, explosions were reported in the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

there is “victim“According to the South Korean Yonhap agency, due to the explosion of landmines, and Many soldiers were “crippled or dead”“, According to the NK News website.

Since the 1950-53 conflict ended in a ceasefire but not a peace treaty, The demilitarized zone separates the two Koreas with a 4 km strip The area is strewn with landmines.

This is so that the enemy army Don’t raid Which could change the delicate border balance that has existed for decades.

North Korean soldiers injured in explosions They were working on creating “wastelands” and laying more mines According to a JCS official at the border, who did not disclose the date of the incident.

On this Tuesday morning, 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers, loaded with tools, crossed the Military Demarcation Line But they retreated after southern troops fired warning shots and emergency shots, according to Yonhap, which divides the two countries, citing the JCS.

In recent weeks, the North has sent more than 1,000 balloons loaded with garbage headed southwhere activists responded with others carrying anti-North Korean pamphlets and USB flash drives filled with K-pop and television series, within the framework of Tensions are rising between Pyongyang and Seoul,