1 outlets · filed 6 October 2026
North Korea’s DMZ landmines sabotage the South’s peace push
North Korea’s laying of landmines along its heavily fortified border with the South has laid bare how misaligned the two nations have become over their de facto land boundary, after three South Korean soldiers were wounded in an explosion last month.
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Both outlets focus on the mine blast and South Korea’s response, but they frame the story differently. Al Jazeera leads with Seoul considering steps to force an apology and, in the extract, says it has urged Pyongyang to remove any other mines on the southern side of the military demarcation line. The South China Morning Post instead foregrounds the blast as evidence that the two Koreas are increasingly misaligned and says three South Korean soldiers were wounded last month.
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