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North Korean mine blast, disputed intent and the risk of escalation at the DMZ

Joon Ha Park and Michael Bosack explain the investigation, armistice mechanisms and lessons from the 2015 crisis

NK News Correspondent Joon Ha Park and Michael Bosack, former deputy secretary of the U.N. Command Military Armistice Commission, join the podcast this week to discuss the Sept. 21 landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), what investigators have established about the North Korean mine involved and why questions remain over how it ended up south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL).

Park explains how the investigation progressed from an initially unidentified explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers to the discovery of an active North Korean anti-personnel mine south of the MDL and a U.N. Command determination that an