Asia-Pacific / South Korea · Conflict & Security

South Korea reports North Korean mines injured soldiers in DMZ

Rank
Ran: 47h
Updated: 5d ago
Final
Outlets: 42
Regions: 4
Countries: 27
Languages: 15

+17

Yonhap South Korea · English 28 Sept, 02:10 UTC

The earliest of 19 English reports

Read it also in Deutsch (4) · +13 languages

Read at Yonhap

How it spread

Outlets, by hours since the first article

First outlet: Yonhap, 28 Sept, 02:10 UTC.
Second country: United Kingdom, with The Independent.
Second region: Europe, with The Independent.
Fastest hour: +7 outlets from 29 Sept, 06:30 UTC.
Last article: 42 outlets.

Where it travelled

The 27 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

33%40%17%

Americas 4 outlets · 4 countries · 10%
Asia-Pacific 14 outlets · 8 countries · 33%
Europe 17 outlets · 10 countries · 40%
Middle East 7 outlets · 5 countries · 17%

First movers

Yonhap 28 Sept, 02:10 UTC
The Independent +10h 20m
The Jerusalem Post +10h 40m
The Korea Herald +10h 58m
NK News +11h 16m

Last to join

VOV 30 Sept, 00:25 UTC
Taipei Times 30 Sept, 00:00 UTC
Interfax 29 Sept, 23:58 UTC
SANA 29 Sept, 13:58 UTC
Infobae 29 Sept, 12:47 UTC

The figures

Coverage: 42 outlets in 27 countries, across 4 regions. The article links last a week past the story’s last article; the outlet list is permanent. Of the 42 outlets, 6 state-owned, 3 public-service, 33 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region: Americas 4: Argentina, Canada, United States, Venezuela. Asia-Pacific 8: Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam. Europe 10: Austria, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom. Middle East 5: Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages: Arabic, Czech, German, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Vietnamese, Chinese.
Timeline: Earliest article Yonhap, 28 Sept 2026, 02:10 UTC. First seen 28 Sept 2026, 02:40 UTC. Last seen 30 Sept 2026, 01:47 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification: Region Asia-Pacific, South Korea. Topic Conflict & security. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score: None now: last seen more than 48 hours ago, so off the ranking. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain: Continued by South Korea demands apology after North Korean mine blast injures soldiers; เกาหลีใต้ประณามเกาหลีเหนือ วางทุ่นระเบิด DMZ ชี้ละเมิดข้อตกลงสงบศึก แม้เปียงยางปฏิเสธ; Border mine blasts show why both Koreas urgently need to restore communication; Comandamentul ONU: Coreea de Nord a încălcat armistițiul vechi de 73 de ani / Reacția Phenianului a venit prin vocea lui Kim Yo Jong. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box.
Day by day: Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method

28 Sept 2026 149 6.91 11 9 11 9 3.3

29 Sept 2026 16 37.90 39 25 33 20 3.3 → 4.0

30 Sept 2026 206 6.08 42 27 4 4 4.0

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Started 28 Sept, 02:40 UTC · Updated 30 Sept, 01:47 UTC

Covered by 42 outlets

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Americas 4 outlets

Infobae Argentina 29 Sept, 12:47 UTC
Tensión en Corea por tres soldados heridos: el Sur acusa al Norte tras las explosiones de minas terrestres en la zona desmilitarizada
El Nacional Venezuela 29 Sept, 11:32 UTC
Corea del Sur denuncia violación del armisticio en zona desmilitarizada con el Norte
The Wall Street Journal United States 29 Sept, 09:48 UTC
North Korea Land Mines ‘Highly Likely’ Behind DMZ Explosion, Seoul Says
CTV News Canada 28 Sept, 15:20 UTC
South Korea says border blasts that injured 3 officers were likely caused by North Korean mines

Asia-Pacific 14 outlets

Europe 17 outlets

Die Zeit Germany 30 Sept, 00:23 UTC
Korea-Konflikt: Nach Minenexplosion: Nordkorea streitet Verantwortung ab
+2 more articlesHide 2 more articles
- Landminen im Grenzgebiet: Südkorea wirft Nordkorea Verletzung des Waffenstillstands vor 29 Sept, 07:56 UTC
- Landminen im Grenzgebiet: Südkorea wirft Nordkorea Verletzung des Waffenstillstands vor 29 Sept, 07:16 UTC
Interfax Russia 29 Sept, 23:58 UTC
В КНДР отрицают причастность к взрыву мин в зоне, разделяющей две Кореи
ERT Greece 29 Sept, 10:53 UTC
Νότια Κορέα: Καταγγελία για παραβίαση της ανακωχής μετά από έκρηξη ναρκών στη DMZ
Gazeta Wyborcza Poland 29 Sept, 10:11 UTC
Eksplozja w koreańskiej strefie zdemilitaryzowanej. "Rażące naruszenie rozejmu"
Libération France 29 Sept, 09:36 UTC
Séoul dénonce «une violation de l’armistice» après l’explosion de mines en zone démilitarisée attribuée à la Corée du Nord
Le Monde France 29 Sept, 09:06 UTC
La Corée du Sud accuse la Corée du Nord après l’explosion de mines en zone démilitarisée
Euronews France 29 Sept, 08:56 UTC
North Korean landmine blasts in DMZ a 'violation of armistice,' Seoul says
Frankfurter Allgemeine Germany 29 Sept, 08:20 UTC
Nach Explosion: Südkorea wirft Nordkorea Verletzung des Waffenstillstands vor
LRT Lithuania 29 Sept, 08:10 UTC
Seulas: Šiaurės Korėjos minos sprogimas demilitarizuotojoje zonoje – paliaubų pažeidimas
15min Lithuania 29 Sept, 08:05 UTC
Seulas: Šiaurės Korėjos minos sprogimas demilitarizuotojoje zonoje – paliaubų pažeidimas
+1 more articleHide 1 more article
- Seulas įtaria Šiaurės Korėjos minas po sprogimo demilitarizuotoje zonoje 28 Sept, 14:12 UTC
Der Standard Austria 29 Sept, 07:28 UTC
Explosion nordkoreanischer Mine verletzt laut Südkorea Waffenstillstand
Wirtualna Polska Poland 29 Sept, 07:21 UTC
Eksplozje w strefie zdemilitaryzowanej. "To miny Pjongjangu"
Aftonbladet Sweden 29 Sept, 07:01 UTC
Explosion i zonen – Sydkorea hävdar övertramp
Onet Poland 29 Sept, 06:58 UTC
Eksplozja min na granicy Korei Północnej i Południowej. Seul o "naruszeniu zawieszeniu broni"
ORF Austria 29 Sept, 06:52 UTC
Seoul: Explosion nordkoreanischer Mine in Grenzgebiet
iDNES Czechia 29 Sept, 04:43 UTC
Výbuchy min na hranici Korejí zranily tři vojáky. Soul obviňuje severního souseda
The Independent United Kingdom 28 Sept, 12:30 UTC
South Korea says border blasts that injured 3 officers was likely caused by North Korean mines

Middle East 7 outlets

SANA Syria 29 Sept, 13:58 UTC
سيئول: ألغام كورية شمالية يُرجح وقوفها وراء انفجار في المنطقة منزوعة السلاح
Asharq News Saudi Arabia 29 Sept, 11:54 UTC
سول تتهم كوريا الشمالية بزرع ألغام تسببت بإصابة جنديين
Asharq Al-Awsat Saudi Arabia 29 Sept, 10:23 UTC
Seoul: North Korean DMZ Landmine Blasts 'Violation of Armistice'
Arab News Saudi Arabia 29 Sept, 08:09 UTC
North Korean DMZ landmine blasts ‘violation of armistice’: Seoul
Anadolu Agency Turkey 29 Sept, 04:42 UTC
South Korean president orders probe into land mine blast in Demilitarized Zone
Al Jazeera Qatar 28 Sept, 16:50 UTC
South Korea suspects North Korean mines behind DMZ blast
The Jerusalem Post Israel 28 Sept, 12:50 UTC
South Korean military: 'Highly likely' North Korean mine injured soldiers in DMZ

Day	Rank	Score	Outlets	Countries	24h outlets	24h countries	Method
28 Sept 2026	149	6.91	11	9	11	9	3.3
29 Sept 2026	16	37.90	39	25	33	20	3.3 → 4.0
30 Sept 2026	206	6.08	42	27	4	4	4.0