South Korea’s Defense Ministry renewed its proposal for military talks with North Korea to verify the exact location of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) on Friday, amid heightened tensions after land mine explosions injured three ROK soldiers last month.

Kim Hong-Cheol, Seoul’s Deputy Minister for National Defense Policy, said in a statement addressed to Pyongyang that the two sides should hold military talks “to mutually confirm the clear location of the MDL between the South and the North.”

He also proposed discussing the restoration of military communication lines and “ways to prevent accidental clashes in border areas.”

Kim added that