Public disputes about relations between North Korea and South Korea, the Demilitarized Zone and the 1953 Armistice Agreement, and security on the Korean Peninsula involving the two Korean governments and the United Nations Command.
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Seoul's military says North Korean mines likely caused two September 21 DMZ blasts that wounded three soldiers. North Korea calls the findings groundless. The UN Command said it identified an active North Korean mine south of the line but named no side.
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Role at the time: UN Command spokeswoman Choi Min-jung, replying by email to Stars and Stripes
Statement summary
Asked to comment on the Joint Chiefs of Staff's September 28 preliminary findings, UN Command spokeswoman Choi Min-jung told Stars and Stripes by email on September 29, 2026 that the command had no further comment while the incident remained under investigation. Yonhap reported that the command gave the same reply to its request for comment.
“no further comment while the incident remains under investigation”
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The case asks whether North Korean forces planted the mines. Asked about the South Korean military's attribution, the command declined to comment while the investigation continued, and neither adopted nor rejected the attribution. We labeled it Explicitly stayed out because the sources record a stated refusal to comment, not silence.
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Kang Hyun-woo is a lieutenant general in the South Korean military and the chief director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The operations directorate he leads plans and directs the South Korean armed forces' operations.
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Kwon Dae-won is a lieutenant general in the South Korean Army and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the second-ranking position on the body that commands the Republic of Korea armed forces.
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