{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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Following an investigation, military authorities concluded that the landmine was planted by the North Korean military. The device was located south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL)."},{"type":"heading","text":"Coverage"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Chosun.com reported that the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the soldier's injury in the Demilitarized Zone was caused by a landmine planted by the North Korean military. The investigation's conclusion stated that the landmine was planted south of the MDL."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Seoul Shinmun reported that the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission reached a final conclusion that a landmine explosion in the Western Front Demilitarized Zone was caused by a mine installed by North Korea south of the Military Demarcation Line. 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