South Korea says it will resume broadcasting propaganda messages over its heavily-armed border with North Korea in retaliation for landmine blasts that wounded two of its soldiers.
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In a video clip of the second detonation filmed through a thermal observation device and unveiled by the JCS, a cloud of dust suddenly soared into the air, sending several soldiers flying.
A North Korean standard appears onto a soar near your lull castle of Panmunjom within the demilitarised spot (DMZ) alloting North Korea from South Korea, about 55 kilometer (34 kilometers) east of Seoul, September 25, 2013. The conclusion of a joint probe by officials from the Ministry of National Defense and the UN Command was announced Monday.
He added the South Korean army would respond “immediately” if Pyongyang opened fire on the loudspeakers.
Both Koreas discontinued the high-decibel propaganda exchanges in 2004 during a period of rapprochement. “Starting from 5 p.m. [Monday], we will air the broadcast every day”.
“We are strengthening defense postures (along the border) against another potential provocation by the North“, Seoul’s Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said Tuesday.
Last Tuesday explosions from three landmines occurred on the southern side of the DMZ where eight South Korean soldiers were patrolling.
One had both legs amputated, while another lost one leg.
The mines can kill within a radius of about 2 m. Instead of counting years from the birth of Christ, the country counts from the birth of its founding leader, Kim Il-Sung, who was born in 1912 – or Juche 1, which would make this year Juche 104.
Fragments from the exploded mines also had paint typically used by the North, it said. “It was intentionally planted to hurt our operation strength”.
The closest friendly military general post in the 2-kilometer buffer zone at the demilitarized zone was 750 meters to the east. Critics say the measures have also hurt South Korean businessmen who had earlier dealings with North Korea.
South Korean officials are accusing the North Korean military of illegally entering the country and planting deadly landmines. Gen. Ahn said the area presents challenges for surveillance because of a dense forest and poor weather, including heavy rain and fog.
The United Nations Command condemned what it called violations of the armistice.
Furious military chiefs in Seoul are blaming dictator Kim Jong Un for the blast which left two of their soldiers with horrific injuries.
North Korea is trying to increase $39 million from overseas buyers to help a brand new brewery in a Wonsan japanese port metropolis that the Hermit Nation hopes will turn into a brand new tourism hub.
As a counterattack, South Korea plans to wage psychological warfare with the north by blasting propaganda from its loudspeakers.
Some analysts suggested it was a pre-emptive attempt to raise tensions head of the South Korea-U.S. military exercise.
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Global efforts to stem the fatalities resulted in the 1999 Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel land mines.
