South Korean President Lee Jae Myung calls on North Korea to return to dialogue after three South Korean soldiers are injured in an explosion inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ). The blast, reported as occurring on September 21, leaves the officers severely hurt, including one who loses a foot.
South Korea’s military seeks an apology from Pyongyang over the incident. The two Koreas remain technically at war under the 1950–53 Korean War armistice, not a peace treaty, and the DMZ functions as a heavily fortified buffer established by the 1953 agreement. Across the outlets, the focus remains on Seoul’s response—urging dialogue while also demanding North Korea address responsibility for the blast—though the coverage varies mainly in the amount of detail provided about official positions and the incident timeline.
