▲ Yang Jin-hyuk, director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holds up a previously recovered resin anti-personnel mine during a briefing on the final findings of the joint on-site investigation task force on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) landmine explosion, held at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on October 5.
Regarding the military authorities' announcement the previous day that South Korean service members were injured by landmines planted south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) by North Korea, the Ministry of Unification stated, "We will review necessary measures in accordance with the investigation results while working in close cooperation with relevant agencies, including the Ministry of National Defense."
A Unification Ministry official gave this response when asked by reporters at the Government Complex Seoul today (October 6) about the ministry's stance on the military's announcement of the final investigation results.
The official emphasized, "The Ministry of Unification will continue its efforts to break the vicious cycle of hostility and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula and foster a virtuous cycle of peace and prosperity."
The official added, "We will strive to devise fundamental peaceful solutions through 'good-for-good' communication rather than a 'strength-for-strength' confrontation."
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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