The letter, to be sent by South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations in New York, will call on Pyongyang to apologize and take responsibility for the incident, the ministry's spokesperson Park Doo-soon said during a regular press briefing.
The letter will also explain that the explosion was caused by land mines planted by North Korean troops along the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) as part of Pyongyang's yearslong construction work to fortify the border area, in violation of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
The blast on Sept. 21 injured three South Korean soldiers, two of whom were seriously wounded. A joint investigation by the South Korean military and the U.N. Command concluded that North Korean land mines caused the explosion.
Pyongyang, however, has brushed off Seoul's accusations, calling them a "fabricated farce."
Park also urged North Korea to avoid further tensions and return to dialogue to rebuild trust between the two Koreas.
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