{"id":48031,"date":"2021-03-24T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=48031"},"modified":"2021-03-24T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T01:22:26","slug":"two-storm-corps-soldiers-suffer-major-injuries-after-stepping-landmine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/two-storm-corps-soldiers-suffer-major-injuries-after-stepping-landmine\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Storm Corps soldiers suffer major injuries after stepping on landmine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Storm Corps soldiers deployed on the Sino-North Korean border in North Hamgyong Province were severely injured recently after stepping on a landmine, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in the province told Daily NK on Friday that the two Storm Corps soldiers were \u201cconducting a night patrol\u201d on Mar. 10 in the Sino-North Korean border region of Chongsong County when they \u201cstepped on a landmine at [around] 1 AM.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the two soldiers spotted around five flashes of light on the Tumen River\u2019s banks. They approached the river without reporting to their superiors because they believed smugglers or defectors were involved in some kind of signal exchange. The two soldiers were unaware that they were running into an area with landmines buried underground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two were rushed to a hospital in North Hamgyong Province shortly after the accident before being transferred to Military Hospital No. 11 for treatment. One soldier reportedly lost their sight, while the other lost their arms and legs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Cars in North Pyongan Province man\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-1068x641.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province-700x420.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Cars-in-North-Pyongan-Province.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles parked in an area of North Pyongan Province near the Sino-North Korean border. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;On the day [of the incident], the military immediately mobilized patrols to thoroughly inspect the surrounding areas,\u201d the source said. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t find anything out of the ordinary, so they concluded that the flashing lights were caused by people passing by on the Chinese side [of the river] and closed the case.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterward, the military identified three causes for the incident. First, the soldiers involved in the incident neglected to educate themselves about the geographic features and locations of landmines in the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soldiers serving along the Chongsong County border area have long received education about where landmines are buried. The military criticized the soldiers because they approached an area with mines without realizing it, which indicated that they had not been paying attention during the educational sessions, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A second cause for the accident was the fact that the soldiers neglected to report the situation to their superiors so they could receive orders or instructions before moving into the area with mines. The pair\u2019s failure to cooperate with other border patrol officers on duty also contributed to the incident, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The military will also hold the soldiers&#8217; company commander and political guidance officers responsible for the incident, the source said. The military leadership claims that there were problems not only with the soldiers\u2019 careless behavior but also with the senior officials who failed to manage the situation properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by S &amp; J<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%eb%91%90%eb%a7%8c%ea%b0%95%eb%b3%80-%eb%b6%88%eb%b9%9b%eb%b3%b4%ea%b3%a0-%eb%9b%b0%ec%b3%90%eb%82%98%ea%b0%80%eb%8b%a4-%ec%a7%80%eb%a2%b0-%ec%be%85%ed%8f%ad%ed%92%8d%ea%b5%b0%eb%8b%a8\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Storm Corps soldiers deployed on the Sino-North Korean border in North Hamgyong Province were severely injured recently after stepping on a landmine, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 A source in the province told Daily NK on Friday that the two Storm Corps soldiers were \u201cconducting a night patrol\u201d on Mar. 10 in the Sino-North Korean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":44025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,646],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - 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