South Korean intelligence indicates that North Korea has likely buried hundreds of land mines near the area where explosions injured three ROK soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last month, according to an opposition lawmaker.

In an interview at the National Assembly on Tuesday, People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Yu Yong-weon told NK News that the military is aware of minefields at six sites south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) along the western front but has not made this public.

“Because of these mines, our military’s operations inside the DMZ are already shrinking,” Yu said, arguing they must be