South Korea president urges Pyongyang dialogue after DMZ blasts

South Korea president urges Pyongyang dialogue after DMZ blasts

SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged North Korea on Thursday to return to dialogue, a day after Seoul’s military demanded an apology over a blast in the demilitarized zone that severely injured three South Korean soldiers. Seoul and Pyongyang remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. Three South Korean officers were severely injured in the September 21 explosion inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer dividing