South Korean Army K-9 self-propelled howitzers conduct a live-fire drill at an artillery range in Cheorwon as part of a training exercise held last week. | South Korean Defense Ministry / AFP-JIJI

SEOUL – Tensions between North Korea and South Korea are running high this week after Pyongyang sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council, repeating accusations that Seoul fabricated a September land mine incident, and after a North Korean howitzer was spotted close to the border.

A 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 122-mm howitzer, saying its deployment near the border marked a rare public display of such artillery.

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