A critical prerequisite for activities in the #DMZ is demining. There are upwards of 2 million mines and explosive remnants in the southern half of the #DMZ alone, several of which have being discovered frequently at the #WhiteHorseHill operation sites. pic.twitter.com/LerONIrhhO
— United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사 (@UN_Command) July 13, 2022
I would not be surprised if this is an old landmine that may have been washed out of the ground by rain:
In this file photo provided by the Army’s I Corps, taken May 8, 2020, a service member puts up a warning sign at a civilian access control line.
A South Korean soldier in a frontline Army unit was wounded due to an unidentified explosion during a border defense mission earlier this week, officials said Wednesday.
The blast occurred Tuesday when the soldier was conducting a land clearing operation to ensure visibility near a general outpost of the Army’s First Corps that lies just south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas.
He is currently receiving treatment for an injury to his toes, the officials said.
The military authorities are trying to ascertain the exact cause of the explosion, including the possibility of a stray landmine blast.
United Nations Command is proud to be supporting the reconstruction of the historic United Nations Command Blue Bridge inside the Joint Security Area. The Blue Bridge was originally built by UNC to connect the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission to Conference Row, and pic.twitter.com/l9scYAtZHi
— United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사 (@UN_Command) April 15, 2022
In Korea, the Cold War got hot 54 years ago when north Korean raiders penetrated the US 2d Infantry Division's sector of the DMZ on their way to the Blue House in Seoul on a mission to kill ROK President Park Chung Hee. This account is from a declassified 8th US Army Ops Report. pic.twitter.com/9pa4hFabmi
