South Korea has accused North Korea of violating the armistice agreement after a mine explosion in the border area, n-tv.de reports. Seoul said it will take measures in response to the incident, according to the same report.
The blast involved a North Korean mine, and Seoul is treating it as a breach of the truce that governs the heavily fortified frontier between the two Koreas, n-tv.de reports. The German broadcaster DIE ZEIT also reported that South Korea raised the armistice allegation over landmines in the border zone. Austria's derStandard.de and Germany's Tagesspiegel carried similar accounts, describing the incident as a mine explosion that Seoul views as a violation of the ceasefire. boerse.de reported that North Korean mines caused the explosion in the border region.
The reports do not specify when the explosion occurred or whether anyone was injured. No details were given on the type or number of mines involved, and North Korea's response to the accusation was not included in the material available.
The two Koreas remain technically at war. Their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the border zone under military supervision. Allegations of truce violations there are treated as serious by both sides.
What to watch next: what specific measures Seoul announces, and whether North Korea responds to the accusation.
