Korean Peninsula

- South Korea plans to triple Canadian crude oil imports as Saudi Arabia's share drops below 30%. - North Korea appears flustered by South Korea’s investigation into a mine blast near their border and subsequent mine-clearing operations; South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook urges North Korea to apologize for the incident that injured three soldiers in the DMZ; Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader, rejects blame for the DMZ mine blast and criticizes South Korea's calls to ease tensions. - North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the East Sea amid tensions over the mine blast incident in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

Recent headlines

• Attackers unidentified in most hacking attacks on financial firms: lawmaker — yonhap_kr
• 'Fundamental peace' becomes 'more crucial' following DMZ blast: unification minister — yonhap_kr
• (LEAD) N. Korea appears 'flustered' by S. Korea's DMZ blast findings, mine-clearing: defense minister — yonhap_kr
• S. Korea seeks to formally cite N. Korea for armistice violation following DMZ blast: defense ministry — yonhap_kr
• (LEAD) 'Fundamental peace' becomes 'more crucial' following DMZ blast: unification minister — yonhap_kr