Tensions between North Korea and South Korea are running high this week after Pyongyang sent a letter to the UN Security Council, repeating accusations ⁠that Seoul fabricated a September landmine incident.

A Reuters witness at an observatory in South Korea overlooking the heavily armed border on Monday confirmed the presence of a North Korean artillery piece positioned in clear view near the frontier.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Sunday identified the weapon as a self-propelled 122mm howitzer, saying its deployment near the border marked a rare public display of ⁠such artillery.

Reuters also observed three North Korean armoured vehicles with their gun barrels pointed south, as well as about 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers carrying out fencing work inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ).

A North Korean guard post is seen in this picture taken from an observation deck in Gimpo, South Korea, 26 October 2026 (Reuters)

"It is highly unusual (for North Korea) to expose its self-propelled artillery so…