KCNA reported on Oct. 26 that North Korea’s permanent UN representative sent a
letter to the UN Security Council chair on Oct. 25 saying last month’s landmine
explosion in the inter‑Korean Demilitarized Zone was a staged act by South Korea
to deflect responsibility for rising tensions. Pyongyang said its ongoing
fortification of the southern border is a defensive measure to protect territory
from external aggression and accused Seoul of trying to smear the project as
“military aggression” to delay and block it. The letter said South Korean
provocations breach the UN Charter and asserted North Korea’s right to
self‑defense under the Charter if Seoul infringes its sovereignty or directly
threatens North Korean personnel.
