# South Korea says North Korean mines caused an explosion in the Demilitarized Zone that injured three South Korean soldiers last week. Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul says the incident was a clear violation of the armistice that ended the Korean War. A joint South Korean and United Nations Command investigation found another North Korean mine near the blast site. The blast comes as President Lee Jae Myung seeks to draw the North back to dialogue, after Pyongyang declared the South an enemy state and abandoned its goal of peaceful reunification.
North Korean mines blamed for DMZ blast