South Korea Accuses North Korea For last Weeks' Landmine Explosion That Wounded Two Soldiers

South Korean soldiers patrol along the DMZ. CNN

CNN: South Korea warns North will pay 'harsh price' over DMZ landmine blast

The South Korean military says North Korea will pay a "harsh price" for a landmine blast that wounded two South Korean soldiers last week. "North Korea will pay a harsh price proportionate to the provocation that North Korea made," said Maj. Gen. Koo Hong-mo, director of operations of the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

U.N. forces on Monday said North Korea was behind a landmine explosion last week that wounded two South Korean soldiers in the demilitarized zone that separates the two countries.

The United Nations Command said North Korea had breached several paragraphs of the armistice on the Korean Peninsula by planting the mines along a South Korean patrol route in the southern half of the heavily fortified demilitarized zone.

Update: S. Korea blames North for mine blast, threatens 'harsh' response -- AFP

WNU Editor: The last thing that the Korean peninsula needs right now is heightened tensions.