N. Korea has planted nearly 1 million land mines in DMZ since 2024: military
North Korea has planted an estimated 960,000 land mines in the Demilitarized Zone since 2024 as part of a campaign to fortify its border with South Korea, according to military data disclosed Friday. The South Korean military reported to the National Assembly that North Korea had laid approximately 960,000 mines along the DMZ since 2024, according to multiple lawmakers' offices affiliated with the parliamentary intelligence and defense committees. Experts previously estimated that around 2 milli
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[Claude] Report 2 is a different outlet's headline on the same South Korean military estimate of about 960,000 mines planted in the DMZ since 2024, with matching figures.
3d agoAlso reported by kbs.co.kr (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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