SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean soldiers have found a total of 91 land mines believed to have washed into the South from the North by heavy rains, military officials said Saturday.
The mines were found near rivers near the border and on the coasts of border islands, according to them.
Last week, a South Korean man was killed after picking up one of the mines near a border river, and another man was seriously injured. Military officials said searches for such mines, which are contained in wooden boxes, will continue.
Heavy rain has hit the North in recent weeks, and the communist state has discharged water from dams on shared rivers that flow into South Korea.
sam@yna.co.kr
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2010/08/07 21:51 KST
S. Korea finds 91 N. Korean land mines
