Touched Out of Curiosity? Warning Issued to "Report Immediately"

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We've had quite a significant amount of rain during this monsoon season.

During this time, you need to watch out for leaves washed away by heavy downpours.

What does that mean?

It means that as heavy rainfall causes the water level of the Imjin River to rise significantly, landmines could be washed downstream.

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff recently stated that some landmines buried by North Korea in the Demilitarized Zone are likely to be washed away and flow into our region through shared rivers.

What you need to pay special attention to is:

Wooden box landmines.

They look just like this.

They look somewhat like a wooden cutlery holder in a restaurant.

You also need to watch out for leaf-shaped landmines, which look like thick leaves.

First, wooden box landmines contain about 70 grams of explosives, which is more than three times that of an antipersonnel landmine.

Ever since they were first identified outside military facilities on the coast of Ganghwa Island in 2010, they have been discovered every year in border areas during the monsoon season.

Leaf-shaped landmines, which are the size of a mobile phone, have been appearing since 2024.

Military authorities estimate that North Korea sent them floating down using heavy rainfall in retaliation against anti-Pyongyang leaflets.

If you happen to discover an object suspected to be a landmine, you must never touch it.

You should immediately report it to a military unit or dial 112.

(Photo: Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ministry of National Defense)

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