S Korea blames North for mine blasts, vows 'harsh' response
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Source: Asiaone.com
South Korean soldiers patrol along the scene of a blast inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju
SEOUL - South Korea on Monday threatened "harsh" retaliation after blaming North Korea for landmine blasts that maimed two soldiers on border patrol, ramping up military tensions on the divided peninsula.
The US-led United Nations Command which oversees the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, said analysis of the mine debris showed them to be North Korean "wooden box" landmines placed on a known South Korean border patrol path.
"The investigation determined that the devices were recently emplaced," it said, ruling out the possibility they were old mines displaced over the border by shifting soil patterns.
The three landmines were detonated by members of a military patrol last Tuesday in the South Korean half of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - a buffer area flanking both sides of the inter-Korean frontier.
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more info here: http://www.koreaobserver.com/south-korea-resumes-psychological-warfare-in-retaliation-against-north-korea-43084/
