North Korea flaunts a howitzer at the DMZ after claiming Seoul faked the landmine blast that injured three soldiers

A self-propelled 122mm howitzer now sits in plain view near the border, with three armoured vehicles pointing their gun barrels south. Up to 30 North Korean soldiers were seen building fences inside the Demilitarised Zone on Monday. Pyongyang's UN envoy warned the Security Council that Seoul would be 'wholly accountable for all the ensuing consequences'. North Korea also accuses South Korean troops of opening fire on its workers.

Seoul's military concluded North Korean troops planted the September 21 mines south of the border.

North Korea has laid an estimated 960,000 landmines along the border since 2024.

Professor Lim Eul-chul says Pyongyang is 'signalling through action, not words'.