North Korea tells UN South ‘fabricated’ border landmine blast
South Korea has sent its own letter blaming the explosion on a North Korean mine, calling it a ‘clear violation of the armistice agreement’
Tensions between the two Koreas have soared since the South last month blamed the blast inside the heavily fortified demilitarised zone that separates the countries on landmines laid by the North, an accusation it has fiercely rejected.
The North Korean permanent representative to the UN sent a letter on Sunday to the UN Security Council regarding the “provocation the ROK committed by groundlessly shifting the blame for the dubious ‘mine explosion incident’”.
The letter said that the landmine incident “fabricated by the ROK, is a sinister obstructive move to brand as a ‘military invasion’, delay and impede the DPRK’s fortification of its southern border”, using the acronyms for both countries’ official names.
