By Alex Jensen
SEOUL
North Korea has denied any role in last week's explosions at the inter-Korean border, urging its neighbor to come up with footage proving otherwise Friday.
Pyongyang had been silent for days on the allegation that it freshly planted landmines hundreds of meters into South Korea's half of the heavily-guarded Demilitarized Zone, which has separated the sides since an uneasy truce brought the Korean War to a close in 1953.
The Aug. 4 blasts left two soldiers from the South in need of leg amputations.
Seoul's military chiefs were joined by the United Nations Command on Monday in officially laying the blame on the North after a joint investigation, citing trademark features of the three wooden-box devices involved.
Pyongyang's awaited response was that the accusation "does not make sense."
A statement from the country's National Defense Commission demanded evidence -- and insisted that if it had really wanted to attack the South, it would have "used strong firearms" rather than landmines.
South Korea's government has been adament that the North should apologize, and began its own form of revenge this week by resuming blaring propaganda broadcasts at their border for the first time in more than a decade.
The South is yet to lift sanctions imposed on Pyongyang following the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval vessel in 2010 -- an incident that North Korea also denies being behind.
