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S. Korea sends letter to UN Security Council on DPRK landmine provocation

Xinhua, August 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korea has sent a letter to the UN Security Council on the landmines blast in border with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), expressing regret over the DPRK provocation, local media reported Thursday.

An unidentified foreign ministry official was quoted as saying that South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations delivered a letter on Tuesday morning (New York time) to the UN Security Council chief to respond to the DPRK's mine provocation.

On Aug. 4, two South Korean soldiers were maimed after the explosion of three wooden-box landmines planted underneath the route frequented by South Korean border guards.

According to the joint investigation between the South Korean military and the United Nations Command, those mines had been buried by DPRK forces on the south side of the demilitarized zone, a buffer area spanning about 2 kilometers on either side of the two Koreas.

The letter explained the joint investigation results, expressed regrets over the DPRK provocation and called for the DPRK to refrain from further provocations. It also called on the members of the council to pay attention to the provocation as the mines burial was in violation of the armistice agreement. Endi