South Korea said Thursday it will formally raise North Korea’s alleged violation of the Korean War Armistice Agreement with the United Nations Security Council, as Pyongyang stepped up its threats against Seoul over escalating military tensions along the inter-Korean border.
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said South Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations, Cha Ji-hoon, would send a letter — concerning two land mine explosions on Sept. 21 inside the Demilitarized Zone that injured three South Korean soldiers — to the Security Council president in New York later Thursday. The letter will be addressed to Aglaia Balta, Greece’s permanent representative to the United Nations, who holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for October.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Park Doo-soon said during a regular briefing that the letter would explain the explosions were caused by land mines planted by North Korea, constituting a clear violation of the Armistice Agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War.
“We also intend to draw attention to North Korea’s recent attempts to portray our military’s legitimate operations near the Military Demarcation Line as provocations and shift responsibility for escalating regional tensions onto our side,” Park said during a regular press briefing.
