Military Calls for Caution after N. Korea’s Land Mines Swept Away in Monsoon Rain l KBS WORLD

The South Korean army referred to as for warning as land mines which North Korea has laid alongside the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ) have been swept away from the central-western area amid the monsoon rain, and extra might get misplaced and find yourself south of the border.

In keeping with Seoul’s protection ministry on Wednesday, a number of the areas the place the North laid the mines since April are related to rivers and streams operating via the inter-Korean border, such because the Imjin River.

The ministry stated the army is looking for advance measures in opposition to potential mine displacement, in addition to the North’s deliberate discharge of dams amid the rain, whereas exerting full efforts towards getting ready for operational actions.

The ministry has urged border space residents to train warning and to report back to a close-by army unit or native police upon discovery of objects suspected of being a land mine.

In the meantime, Protection Minister Shin Gained-sik convened an emergency assembly of commanders on Wednesday to debate methods to ascertain every army unit’s response posture in opposition to the North’s continued provocation threats and anticipated downpours.