The mines that the North Korean are have said to have laid were supposedly made of plastic which makes it even that much more difficult to locate and dispose of:
A paramedic (in white circle) descends from a medical evacuation helicopter to hoist casualties from a land mine field inside the Demilitarized Zone after explosions occurred there Sept. 21, 2026, in this photo released by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sept. 28.
The South Korean military launched an operation Monday to remove any remaining land mines planted by North Korea at the site of a recent blast inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that left three South Korean service members injured.
Three South Korean military officers were injured Sept. 21, two seriously, when two land mines south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in the western DMZ exploded.
Following a joint inspection of the blast site, the United Nations Command (UNC) and South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) concluded that the mines were “highly likely” planted by North Korea and urged Pyongyang to apologize.
Seoul has also discovered two additional land mines at and near the blast site.
The UNC, which oversees the DMZ, said the latest explosion constituted a violation of the Armistice Agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
You can read more at the link.
Either Korea had a sudden surge in ADHD cases or people are using these drugs to cheat on tests:
Prescriptions for methylphenidate, an attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment widely known as “study drug” among students in Korea, have surged nearly 38 percent over the past two years in the country and are especially high among people aged 19 and under, data showed Sunday.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and the Korea Institute of Drug Safety and Risk Management, 58.05 million methylphenidate tablets were prescribed in the first half of this year, up 12.1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
This marked a 37.8 percent increase from the first half of 2024, when 42.13 million tablets were prescribed.
You can read more at the link.
It looks like President Trump is still friendly with Kim Jong-un. I guess we will see if this friendliness turns into any long term agreement in the future:
U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he “gets along great” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as he stressed the importance of maintaining good relations with leaders of nuclear-armed nations.
Trump made the remarks during a campaign rally in Ohio ahead of the U.S. midterm elections while discussing his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping and defending his ties with leaders of major powers.
“I get along great with Kim Jong-un,” Trump said, adding, “Isn’t it nice to get along with the leaders of massive nations, massive nuclear nations?”
You can read more at the link.
The major GI crimes in Japan always seem to happen on Okinawa. A 20-year old Marine has allegedly brutally murdered a 39 year old Japanese woman::
A U.S. service member was arrested on suspicion of murder and robbery after a Japanese woman’s body was discovered in a hotel in Okinawa, local officials said, describing the alleged killing as a “heinous” incident that prompted the Japanese government to lodge a protest with the United States.
Shinjiro Koizumi, the Japanese minister of defense, said a U.S. Marine lance corporal was arrested on Sunday after the woman’s body was found early on Saturday in Naha, the capital city of the Okinawa prefecture.
You can read more at the link.
Rocket man was at it again: this weekend:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the launch of an intermediate-range strategic missile and called for continued efforts to bolster the “fatality” of the country’s offensive weapons, state media reported Sunday.
North Korea conducted a firing drill of the missile toward the East Sea at dawn on Saturday as part of efforts to train missile troops operating the “hypersonic strategic weapon system,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Kim said it is very important to demonstrate the counterattack means of the North’s military in a “constant mobilization posture,” according to the report.
You can read more at the link, but an intermediate range missile is the type that would be used to target Guam. This launch could be a message to Trump that any deal on missiles is not coming cheap.
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