South Korea Says North Korean Mines Behind DMZ Blast Violated Armistice

By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Sept 29 (Reuters) – South Korea’s defence ?minister ?said on Tuesday North Korean ?mines caused a blast last week that injured two South ?Korean personnel in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), adding that the incident violated the Korean War armistice ?agreement and warranted a response against ?Pyongyang. Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul told a parliamentary committee that the mines were North ?Korean and ?appeared to have been planted in the area as part of ?North Korea’s border fortification work near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) that bisects the DMZ. “The responsibility lies with North Korea, so we will…