(LEAD) N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea amid tensions over DMZ blast

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SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, after Pyongyang denied responsibility for last week's mine blast along the inter-Korean border.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch at about 6:30 a.m. from the Wonsan area, without elaborating.

"The South Korean military has stepped up surveillance for potential additional launches and is maintaining an all-out readiness posture while sharing relevant information with the United States and Japan," the JCS said in a notice.

The latest launch came amid heightened inter-Korean tensions following the Sept. 21 blast of North Korean land mines inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. The incident left three South Korean soldiers injured, two of them seriously.

The South Korean military has blamed North Korea for the mine blast, calling it a "blatant violation" of the armistice agreement. Seoul has also demanded an apology from Pyongyang and urged it to halt border fortification work.

North Korea denied its involvement in a statement issued Wednesday by Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of its leader Kim Jong-un, accusing Seoul of fabricating the findings and warning of "merciless" retaliation if the South takes any corresponding actions.

In a separate statement Friday, Kim again repeated the denial of the North's responsibility, while deriding President Lee Jae Myung's pledge to reduce military tensions between the two Koreas as "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch."

She also dismissed Unification Minister Chung Dong-young's proposal for dialogue to discuss the issue of clarifying the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) as a "delusional, one-sided rant not worth responding to." Chung cited the fading visibility of the border line as a primary factor behind the DMZ blast.

The latest launch came just 13 days after the North fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea within hours of each other on Sept. 20.

A news report on North Korea's launch of short-range ballistic missiles is shown at Seoul Station on Sept. 12, 2026, a day after the South Korean military concluded the trilateral Freedom Edge military exercise with the United States and Japan. (Yonhap)

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首尔，10月3日（韩联社）——韩国军方称，朝鲜周六向东海至少发射了一枚弹道导弹。此前，平壤否认对上周朝韩边境发生的地雷爆炸事件负责。

联合参谋本部表示，他们于早上 6 点 30 分左右在元山地区探测到导弹发射，但没有详细说明。

“韩国军方已加强对潜在额外导弹发射的监视，并保持全面戒备状态，同时与美国和日本分享相关信息，”联合参谋本部在一份通知中表示。

此次导弹发射正值朝韩关系高度紧张之际。此前，朝鲜于9月21日在朝韩非军事区（DMZ）内引爆地雷，造成三名韩国士兵受伤，其中两人伤势严重。

韩国军方指责朝鲜制造了地雷爆炸事件，称其“公然违反”了停战协定。首尔方面还要求平壤道歉，并敦促其停止边境防御工事建设。

朝鲜周三发表声明，否认参与此事。声明由朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正发表，指责首尔捏造调查结果，并警告称，如果韩国采取任何相应行动，朝鲜将进行“无情”报复。

在周五的另一份声明中，金正恩再次否认朝鲜对此负有责任，同时嘲讽李在明总统关于降低朝韩军事紧张局势的承诺是“一场闹剧的高潮，每个人都应该观看”。

她还驳斥了统一部长官郑东荣提出的就明确军事分界线问题进行对话的提议，称其为“不切实际的单方面咆哮，不值得回应”。郑东荣指出，边界线的可见性降低是导致非军事区爆炸事件的主要原因。

就在13天前，朝鲜于9月20日从元山地区向东海发射了两枚短程弹道导弹，前后相隔数小时。

2026年9月12日，在韩国军队与美国和日本结束“自由边缘”三方联合军事演习的第二天，首尔站播放了有关朝鲜发射短程弹道导弹的新闻报道。（韩联社）

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（导语）朝鲜试射升级版多管火箭炮弹

（第四条）朝鲜在特朗普-习近平峰会前数小时内先后发射两枚短程弹道导弹

（导语）朝鲜向东海发射弹道导弹，非军事区爆炸事件引发紧张局势。