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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Liam Gilliver

North Korea just pointed a 15-mile range howitzer towards South Korea

A North Korean soldier sits on a self-propelled 122-mm howitzer with the words that read as "Destroy the US imperialist aggressors - (Reuters)

North Korea appears to be flaunting its weaponry after visitors to a South Korean observatory that looks into the country saw artillery pieces with their barrels pointed south.

On Friday, South Korean media photographed an armoured vehicle in clear view near the frontier. By ​Monday, there ⁠were three with their gun barrels pointing towards the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), as well as up to 30 North Korean soldiers carrying out fencing work inside the DMZ.

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