South Korea probes death of frontline soldier near North Korean border

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It is not known yet if the staff sergeant’s death is connected to heightened border tensions between the two Koreas after recent mine blasts

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A South Korean army staff sergeant died after ‌suffering external injuries at a frontline unit in Cheorwon near the North Korean border on Monday morning, Seoul’s Defence Ministry said.

Military and civilian ⁠investigators were examining the exact cause and circumstances ‌of his death, the ministry said.

A unit member found the twenty-something staff sergeant collapsed with a severe head injury inside a building at about 7.15am and reported it, according to the Chosun Biz.

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