South Korea Demands Apology After Landmine Injures Soldiers
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South Korea wants North Korea to say sorry. A landmine hurt three South Korean soldiers. The soldiers were near the border between the two countries.
The soldiers were doing a search operation. This means they were looking for something. The mine exploded on the South Korean side of the border.
South Korea says the mine was from North Korea. A South Korean officer named Kang Hyun-woo talked about the blast. He works for the South Korean military.
This event makes the two countries more angry with each other. North and South Korea already have a difficult relationship. There have been small efforts to talk again between the two sides.
Many people hope the two countries can fix their diplomatic channels. This means the ways they talk to each other. But this new problem makes that harder.
Vocabulary15 words
- landmine
- a small bomb hidden in the ground
- border
- the line between two countries
- search operation
- a job to look for something carefully
- diplomatic channels
- ways that countries talk to each other
- blast
- a big explosion
- apology
- words that say you are sorry
- tensions
- bad feelings between people or countries
- military
- the army of a country
- injured
- hurt or in pain
- operations
- planned jobs or actions
- demanded
- asked strongly
- director
- a person who leads a group
- relations
- how two countries feel and act toward each other
- fuels
- makes something bigger or stronger
- revive
- make something work again
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1. A landmine 2. Near the border between North and South Korea 3. True
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South Korea wants North Korea to say _____.
A _____ hurt three South Korean soldiers.
The soldiers were near the _____ between the two countries.
The soldiers were doing a _____ operation.
The mine exploded on the South Korean side of the _____.
South Korea says the mine was from _____ Korea.
An officer named Kang Hyun-woo talked about the _____.
This event makes the two countries more _____ with each other.
There have been small efforts to _____ again between the two sides.
This new problem makes _____ channels harder to fix.
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