Military of China, force comment.
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South Korea, a children’s play ground was actually a “minefield.”

BEIJING, December 13, according to South Korea, “Central Daily” website on the 13th, South Korean Defense Ministry after receiving the media reports, the recent Yeoncheon-gun in Gyeonggi Province, Lu Valley Baihe side play within the church launched a special de-mining operations field, were found and cleared mines, 42 anti-armor mines.

reported that South Korean Army 25 Division Kim Jung-hoon (sound) political propaganda and training staff on December 12 said: “We teach children in the playground Lo Valley found a variety of mines and explosives, a total of 42 now has the security of the explosives removed. “South Korean military in this less than 500 square meters of playground found a total of 29 anti-armor mines (M7A2), 10 枚 people mines (M2A4, M14), hand grenades (M30), high-shells (76 mm), with anti-armor penetrators (90 mm) 3 hair.

It is reported that Cheong Wa Dae staff meeting also discussed the content. Staff at this meeting a certain question, said: “really like” Central Daily “reported as the presence of mines in the children’s play it?” Lee then instructed: “The important thing is not in the end there is no deposit (mine). Because they have media exposure, is bound to cause people anxiety, so the relevant departments must quickly come up with countermeasures to. “According to Lee’s instructions, many of the Korean Ministry of Defense site investigation, from October 11 began the first phase mine clearance.

command in the field of mine clearance Litai Yu (voice, one engineer brigade, Lieutenant Colonel) Captain said: “The laying of mines in this region because there is no relevant information (maps, buried), so progress is very difficulties. “

according to information provided by villagers, was the South Korean military does not know when the outbreak of war in the sense of crisis, in the main penetration of the enemy’s one of the Gyeonggi Yeoncheon concentrated buried mine. The mid-1980s, as South Korea on the national highway in front of the church conducted a restoration project, engineering and construction debris generated waste is placed in here, resulting in 2 meters of the casing, so that the mines are even more buried in the ground.

Lo River Valley Church Pastor Cui Bing (voice) said: “In the village children play Playground discovered mines, which always makes me very uneasy. Now all of these mines were cleared, really lucky I hope this can become a “peace playground ‘re back to the children.”