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ICBL: North Korea’s reported mine-laying could be world’s largest since 2001
📍 North Korea, KP·🕐 2h ago·2 outlets
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told members of the National Assembly’s intelligence and defense committee last month that North Korea has laid an estimated 960,000 land mines in the Demilitarized Zone since 2024.
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Reliability ScoreVery high
90%Independent outlets2
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Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
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