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South Korean military: ‘Highly likely’ North Korean mine injured soldiers in DMZ

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SEOUL, Sept ‌28 (Reuters) - South Korea's ​military said on Monday that it ⁠was "highly likely" that the blasts that seriously injured two ​South Korean soldiers in the ‌Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) at the border on September 21 were caused by ⁠a North Korean ⁠mine.

A South Korean military team was conducting a reconnaissance operation inside the western sector ‌of the 4-km-wide DMZ border ⁠area separating the ‌two Koreas when ​a landmine blast injured three heavily armed soldiers, two ‌of them seriously.

South Korea's ​military together ⁠with the UN Command ‌that oversees ⁠the Korean War armistice ending the 1950-53 conflict has conducted a ​field investigation ‌inside the zone.

(Reporting by Jack ⁠Kim, Heekyong ​Yang, Kyu-seok Shim; Editing ​by Aidan Lewis)

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