April 19, 2024
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Foreign worker steps on landmine at inter-Korean border area

A Kazakhstani stepped on the M14, a U.S. made anti-personnel mine which is difficult to detect

A Kazakhstani worker was wounded on Monday when he stepped on a landmine inside the civilian control line (CCL) between South and North Korea in Yanggu, Gangwon Province.

This mine is not believed to have been North Korean, but a U.S.-planted one dating back to the years not long after the Korean War.

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