PM says S. Korea should keep demanding N. Korea's apology over land mine blast

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Wednesday that South Korea should keep asking North Korea to apologize over the recent land mine blast that blew off the ankle of a South Korean military officer at the heavily armed border between the two sides. South Korea has determined that land mines deliberately planted by North Korea on the South's side of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) were the cause of the Sept. 21 blast that left three South Korean soldiers wounded, two of them seriously. One of the two seriously wounded, a lieutenant colonel, had one of his ankles blown off in the explosion. South Korea's military has demanded North Korea apologize, but the North has denied any involvement, with Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un, accusing Seoul of fabricating the findings and warning of "merciless" retaliation if the South takes any corresponding actions. On Wednesday, the prime minister said she believes there should be an apology from the North. "Now that it has been clearly revealed that this is North Korea's fault and that they committed this, I think there need t