South demands North's apology, punishment over mines blast

South Korea has demanded North Korea apologize and punish those responsible for planting land mines inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that seriously wounded two soldiers last week.

“This case is a clear provocation where North Korean forces illegally intruded onto the military demarcation line to intentionally bury mines,” presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook said Tuesday.

He reiterated the position that the North’s action was a violation of the Armistice and the treaty of non-aggression signed by the two Koreas.

Seoul on Monday resumed loudspeaker propaganda against the North for the first time in 11 years in retaliation for the blasts. The explosions happened on Aug. 4 inside the DMZ near Paju, Gyeonggi Province.