Seoul's military had demanded North Korea apologize after three South Korean officers were injured in an explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone.
Seoul – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged North Korea on Thursday to return to dialogue, a day after Seoul’s military demanded an apology over a blast in the demilitarized zone that severely injured three South Korean soldiers. Seoul and Pyongyang remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. Three South Korean officers were severely injured in the Sept. 21 explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer dividing the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice.
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