North Korea Denies Involvement in Mine Blasts Near Border

North Korea is denying it is behind last week's landmine blasts that injured two South Korean soldiers and further heightened military tensions with Seoul. In a statement Friday, the North's National Defense Commission said it is "absurd" to suggest Pyongyang sent soldiers across the border to plant the mines. The statement said North Korean landmines are for defensive purposes, adding if the North wanted to attack the South "we would have used strong...

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