⚡️🇰🇵🇰🇷 — North Korea rejected South Korea’s assessment that a North Korean landmine was «highly likely» to have caused the September 21 DMZ blast that injured three South Korean soldiers, accusing Seoul of fabricating findings and warning that any fire directed at its troops will trigger an «immediate and merciless retaliate attack». Kim Yo-jong stated that North Korean forces have spent two years constructing southern border barriers as a «thorough exercise of sovereignty unrelated with any military purposes», stressing that its soldiers «have never crossed the border».

She accused the South Korean military of threatening troops with warning broadcasts and gunfire, warning that continued «malicious accusation and provocation» could trigger «a situation that has not yet been experienced». — Yonhap, citing KCNA

➡️ South Korean military and UN Command investigators believe at least four North Korean mines were placed at the site, with a joint inspection identifying an unexploded landmine nearby. Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul informed lawmakers that the newly recovered mine was deliberately planted rather than stray, linking it directly to Pyongyang’s border-fortification efforts. Kang stated mines appear to have been deployed at «several locations» south of the Military Demarcation Line in clear violation of the Armistice Agreement, confirming Seoul will deploy «corresponding measures» in stages.

The JCS and UN Command are expected to issue final analytical findings upon further technical verification.

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