Parliamentary committee adopts resolution denouncing N. Korea over DMZ mine blast

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SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- A parliamentary committee on Wednesday passed a resolution led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP) to condemn North Korea over recent land mine explosions near the inter-Korean border that left three South Korean soldiers injured.

The National Assembly's defense committee adopted the resolution, calling the incident a "provocation" that violated the Armistice Agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War.

In the resolution, lawmakers also called on the government to provide treatment and support measures for the injured soldiers, while working closely with the United Nations Command to present facts regarding the incident to the international community.

Lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) walked out of the meeting in protest as the resolution was put to a vote. With its passage by the defense committee, the resolution can now be referred to the assembly plenary session for a vote.

The National Assembly's defense committee holds a subcommittee meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2026. (Yonhap)

For weeks, the DP and the PPP had been at odds over what to include in the resolution, particularly whether to explicitly describe the blasts as an act of provocation by the North.

During a subcommittee meeting held before the full defense committee session, the rival parties agreed to characterize it as a provocation as long demanded by the PPP, while the main opposition party agreed to drop from the resolution its call on the government to consider suspending humanitarian assistance to the North.

They, however, failed to narrow their differences over the PPP's proposal to call for a parliamentary probe into allegations surrounding the military's delay in investigating the explosions.

"Refusing to include anything about investigating why the incident happened is like saying 'North Korea is at fault but we will stop at condemning the provocation," PPP Rep. Lim Jong-deuk said at the meeting.

The DP argued that raising allegations against the South Korean military in a resolution aimed at condemning the North would be contradictory.

"It makes no sense to include allegations that our military failed to prevent the provocation and delays in the investigation in a resolution condemning North Korea's land mine provocation," DP Rep. Park Sun-won said.

Another DP member, Rep. Min Hong-chul, echoed Park's stance, saying allegations over the South Korean military's alleged negligence should be addressed separately through a parliamentary audit or other means.

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首尔，10 月 14 日（韩联社）——周三，一个国会委员会通过了一项由执政党共同民主党（DP）牵头的决议，谴责朝鲜最近在朝韩边境附近引爆地雷，导致三名韩国士兵受伤。

国会国防委员会通过了该决议，称该事件是“挑衅”，违反了结束 1950-53 年朝鲜战争的停战协定。

决议中，议员们还呼吁政府为受伤士兵提供治疗和支持措施，同时与联合国军司令部密切合作，向国际社会提供有关该事件的事实。

在决议付诸表决时，主要反对党人民力量党（PPP）的议员们愤然离席以示抗议。该决议经国防委员会通过后，现可提交议会全体会议进行表决。

2026年10月14日，韩国国会国防委员会在首尔国会大厦举行小组委员会会议。（韩联社）

数周以来，民主党和人民进步党在决议内容上一直存在分歧，特别是是否要明确将爆炸事件描述为北方挑衅行为。

在国防委员会全体会议召开之前举行的小组委员会会议上，对立双方同意按照人民进步党长期以来的要求，将其定性为挑衅行为，而主要反对党则同意从决议中删除其呼吁政府考虑暂停向北方提供人道主义援助的内容。

然而，他们未能缩小在人民进步党提出的要求议会调查有关军方拖延调查爆炸事件的指控的提议上的分歧。

“拒绝就调查事件发生原因发表任何意见，就好比说‘朝鲜有错，但我们只会谴责挑衅行为’，”人民进步党代表林钟德在会议上说。

民主党认为，在旨在谴责朝鲜的决议中提出对韩国军方的指控是自相矛盾的。

“在谴责朝鲜地雷挑衅的决议中，加入我军未能阻止挑衅和调查延误的指控，是毫无道理的，”民主党议员朴善元说。

另一位民主党成员闵洪哲议员也赞同朴槿惠的立场，称有关韩国军方涉嫌疏忽的指控应该通过国会审计或其他方式单独处理。

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