Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in years.
A sign indicating the presence of landmines hang from a barbed wire fence inside the Demilitarised Zone separating North and South Korea. / Photo: Reuters
“Despite sweltering heat and the monsoon season, the North Korean military has laid down mines and erected wall fences along the front-line areas,” the defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.During the months-long effort to strengthen defences along the demilitarised zone — already one of the most heavily mined areas in the world — there have been at least 10 instances where mines exploded, resulting in “multiple casualties” among the soldiers, the ministry said.
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