KCNA on June 6 carried a foreign ministry statement saying a recent landmine
explosion in the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone was a South Korean-manufactured
stunt to smear N. Korea and shift blame. The statement called the incident an
intolerable major provocation and accused the South Korean military of
conspiring to portray N. Korea’s southern-border fortification work as a
'military incursion'. It warned N. Korea will safeguard its southern border with
greater resolution and decisiveness.
