The National Assembly's National Defense Committee on the 14th adopted a resolution condemning North Korea over a landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone.
The committee passed the "Resolution Condemning North Korea's Landmine Provocation South of the Military Demarcation Line" at a plenary meeting the same day.
The resolution defines the DMZ mine explosion as "a provocation that directly undermines the armistice agreement and threatens the lives and safety of our soldiers," and calls on North Korean authorities to establish the facts, punish those responsible and draw up measures to prevent a recurrence. It also urges the government to inform the international community of the facts through close coordination with the United Nations Command and to provide treatment and support for the wounded soldiers.
Ahead of the plenary meeting, the rival parties held a legislative review subcommittee session and agreed to use the term "provocation" in reference to North Korea while leaving out any language on suspending aid to the North. However, a proposal by the People Power Party for a parliamentary fact-finding effort into suspicions that the mine investigation had been delayed was excluded from the resolution over objections from the ruling party.