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The Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Jin Young-seung, stated that North Korea's claims of Seoul escalating tensions were unacceptable. This comes after North Korea threatened to resume loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy additional tactical strike means."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A joint investigation by Seoul and the United Nations Command concluded that North Korean mines caused an explosion in September that injured three soldiers. This incident occurred on the South Korean side of the border within the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ). North Korea has rejected these findings and accused Seoul of escalating tensions."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on border incidents"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"North Korea claimed that South Korean forces carried out 998 loudspeaker broadcasts and fired 91 warning shots between 1 and 17 October. 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