首尔：据国家媒体周三（9月30日）报道，金正恩的权势胞妹否认了韩方关于朝鲜制造上周地雷爆炸、导致三名士兵受伤的指控。
SEOUL: Kim Jong Un's powerful sister denied a South Korean claim that North Korea was behind landmine blasts last week that injured three soldiers state media reported on Wednesday (Sep 30).
朝中社称，针对两国非军事区（DMZ）发生的爆炸，金与正在周二发表的声明中表示，该断言“卑鄙下流，配得上大韩民国族类的行径”，此处指韩国的正式名称“大韩民国”。
The assertion over the explosions in the countries' Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) "is too low and dirty as befitting the tribes of the ROK", Kim Yo Jong said in a statement on Tuesday, the KCNA news agency said, referring to the South's formal name, the Republic of Korea.
9月21日，非军事区发生爆炸，一名士兵失去一只脚。这个布满地雷的缓冲区自1953年停战以来一直将朝韩两国分隔开来。
One soldier lost a foot due to the Sep 21 explosions in the DMZ, the heavily mined buffer zone that has divided the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice.
这里是世界上防御最严密的边境之一，地雷事件曾多次加剧朝韩紧张局势。
It is one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers and landmine incidents have previously heightened tensions between the two Koreas.
朝鲜战争以停战协定而非和平条约告终，因此首尔和平壤从技术上讲仍处于战争状态。
Seoul and Pyongyang remain technically at war since the Korean conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
韩国国防部调查后表示，结论是朝鲜地雷“高度嫌疑”导致了两次爆炸。
After carrying out an investigation into the incident, the South Korean Defence Ministry said it concluded that North Korean mines were "highly suspected" of causing the two explosions.
韩国国防部长官姜信哲周二表示：“这明显违反了停战协定，既然朝鲜负有责任，我们将采取相应措施。”
"This is a clear violation of the armistice agreement, and since North Korea bears responsibility, we will take corresponding measures," South Korean Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul said Tuesday.
但朝中社援引金与正的话称，韩方“捏造”虚假指控，作为对朝鲜进行政治和军事挑衅的借口。
But Kim Yo Jong said the South is "cooking up" bogus allegations as a pretext for political and military provocation against North Korea, KCNA said.
2024年以来，朝鲜领导人金正恩将韩国定性为“主要敌人”后，朝鲜军队在边境埋设地雷、建造反坦克障碍物，作为永久封锁边境努力的一部分。在此过程中，朝鲜还炸毁了不再使用的朝韩连接道路的北侧路段。
Since 2024, after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un designated South Korea as his country's "principal enemy", Pyongyang's military has laid mines and built anti-tank barriers along the frontier as part of efforts to permanently seal it off. During the operation, Pyongyang also blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use.
姜信哲周二表示，据信与9月21日事件有关的朝鲜地雷是作为平壤边境加固工程的一部分而埋设的。
Kang said on Tuesday that the North Korean mines linked to the Sep 21 incident were believed to have been laid as part of Pyongyang's border fortification work.
2015年发生的一起事件中，两名韩国士兵在非军事区南侧的地雷爆炸中重伤，其中一人双腿截肢。
In a 2015 incident, two South Korean soldiers were seriously wounded in a landmine blast on the southern side of the DMZ, with one losing both legs.
首尔方面断定朝鲜军队越过军事分界线埋设地雷，平壤方面予以否认。该事件促使韩国恢复沿边境的对朝广播。
Seoul concluded that North Korean troops had crossed the Military Demarcation Line to plant the mines, an accusation Pyongyang denied. The incident prompted South Korea to resume anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts along the border.