North Korea installing more landmines despite accidents, South Korea says

17/7/2024 19:00

        North Korean soldiers have been installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland along the front line for months despite accidents, South Korea's military said on Wednesday.
        
        North Korea's military has continued its work forcibly despite multiple casualties caused by some 10 accidents involving landmine explosions and heat illness, according to a statement provided by the defence ministry citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
        
        Female soldiers were also deployed for the work in some areas, the ministry added.
        
        In a meeting held on the same day on North Korea's "provocations," South Korea's Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said the military faces a "complex crisis" further complicated by unpredictable natural disasters, according to a separate statement released by the ministry.