North Korea rejects mine blast accusation

North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported on Friday that Pyongyang rejected South Korea's accusation that North Korean mines wounded two South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone.

Kim Yo Jong denies deliberate mine-laying

Kim Yo Jong, an official of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said Pyongyang had not deliberately planted mines in the border zone.

South Korea's account of the incident

South Korea said North Korean mines caused a blast on September twenty-first that seriously wounded two South Korean soldiers on a reconnaissance mission inside the four-kilometre wide border.

UN Command finds armistice violation

South Korea's military conducted a probe with the United Nations Command overseeing the Korean War armistice. The UN Command said on Wednesday the incident constituted a violation of the armistice.

Kim dismisses apology demand as despicable

Kim Yo Jong said South Korea jumped to a groundless conclusion about the explosion and called the demand for an apology despicable. She said fortification work was designed to seal the border completely.

“They even called for an 'apology'. It is really despicable.”

North Korea escalates hostility toward South

North Korea has sharply ramped up hostility against South Korea in recent years, disavowing unification as a national goal and calling South Korea its primary foe.