据韩国当地媒体周三报道，韩国正试图正式认定朝鲜近期在两国边境地区的活动属于违反《停战协定》的行为。
South Korea is seeking to formally declare North Korea’s recent activities along their heavily fortified border as violations of the Armistice Agreement, local media reported Wednesday.
据韩国联合通讯社援引韩国国防部消息，此举是在韩国与联合国军司令部对朝鲜在军事分界线周边的活动展开联合调查后作出的决定。
The move follows a joint investigation with the UN Command (UNC) into North Korean activities around the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), according to Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency, citing the South Korean Defense Ministry.
调查结果显示，朝鲜在军事分界线韩国一侧故意埋设的地雷导致了9月21日的爆炸事件，致使三名韩国士兵受伤，其中两人伤势严重。
Seoul concluded that land mines deliberately planted by North Korea on the South Korean side of the MDL caused a Sept. 21 explosion that wounded three South Korean soldiers, two seriously.
韩国国防部在向议员提交的文件中称：“经与联合国军司令部联合调查后，我们计划正式认定朝鲜违反了停战协定。”
“Following a joint investigation with the UNC into North Korea's MDL incursions, we plan to formalize its armistice violations,” the ministry said in a document submitted to lawmakers.
此外，韩国还计划推动朝韩军事对话，旨在预防意外冲突、恢复双方通信热线，并解决有关军事分界线位置的分歧。
Seoul also plans to seek inter-Korean military talks aimed at preventing accidental clashes, reopening communication hotlines and addressing discrepancies over the location of the MDL.
此次边境争端因上个月的爆炸事件而进一步升级。韩国指责朝鲜蓄意在非军事区内埋设两枚地雷。
The border dispute intensified after last month’s explosion, with Seoul accusing Pyongyang of deliberately planting two mines inside the Demilitarized Zone.
周二，朝鲜方面予以否认，称韩国的指控是“推卸责任”，并指责韩国试图将自身加强边境防御的行为歪曲为“军事入侵”。据朝鲜官方通讯社报道，朝鲜方面认为此次事件实为韩国为推卸“自身失误”的责任而策划的。
North Korea on Tuesday rejected the accusation, calling it “blame shifting” and accusing Seoul of attempting to portray its fortification of the border as a “military invasion.”Pyongyang said, as the country’s state owned news agency KCNA reported, the incident was an attempt by South Korea to shift responsibility for “its own accident,” after Seoul demanded an apology and the removal of mines it said violated the armistice agreement.