Seoul:South Korea is set to send a formal letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) president, urging North Korea to apologize for a recent land mine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and to take responsibility for breaching the Armistice Agreement, as stated by the foreign ministry on Thursday.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the incident occurred on September 21 when land mine blasts injured three South Korean soldiers, with two sustaining serious injuries. A joint investigation by the South Korean military and the U.N. Command revealed that the explosions were the result of North Korean land mines planted south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), violating the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.
The letter intends to detail the findings that North Korean troops planted the mines, demand an apology and accountable actions from Pyongyang, and propose dialogue to prevent further tensions and rebuild trust. This communication will be sent under the name of South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations and is expected to be delivered on Thursday in U.S. time, as mentioned by ministry spokesperson Park Doo-soon during a regular press briefing.