South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff held a press conference on the 5th to announce the final investigation results of the mine explosion incident in the demilitarized zone, saying “the explosion was caused by anti-infantry mines planted by North Korea on the south side of the military demarcation line,” and demanded that North Korea make an apology and immediately remove the relevant mines. Kwon Dae-won, Deputy Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, said that the South Korean military and the “United Nations Command” conducted a joint on-site investigation from September 26 to 29, and once again discovered plastic anti-infantry mines planted by the North Korean military near the site of the explosion.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff held a press conference on the 5th to announce the final investigation results of the mine explosion incident in the demilitarized zone, saying “the explosion was caused by anti-infantry mines planted by North Korea on the south side of the military demarcation line,” and demanded that North Korea make an apology and immediately remove the relevant mines. Kwon Dae-won, Deputy Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, said that the South Korean military and the “United Nations Command” conducted a joint on-site investigation from September 26 to 29, and once again discovered plastic anti-infantry mines planted by the North Korean military near the site of the explosion.