Tensions are escalating along the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/north-korea-fires-missile-after-south-korea-demands-apology-over-dmz-landmine-blast-23653121" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) </a>which separates the two Koreas as South Korean observatory visitors reported North Korean artillery barrels pointed south.
Relations deteriorated since a September mine blast injured three South Korean soldiers, prompting Seoul to demand an apology and Pyongyang to claim the incident was fabricated.
<img src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/oct/Korean-2_1793122182_s.jpg" alt="Visitors use binoculars to watch the North Korean side from a South Korean observation deck in Gimpo, on Tuesday. PICS/AFP" width="1280" height="720" /> Visitors use binoculars to watch the North Korean side from a South Korean observation deck in Gimpo, on Tuesday. PICS/AFP
In response, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/north-korea-will-never-see-south-as-a-partner-kim-yo-jong-23590429" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kim Yo Jong</a>, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned that North Korea would ready border propaganda loudspeakers and new countermeasures.&nbsp;
On Friday, South Korean media photographed an armoured vehicle in clear view near the frontier. By Monday, there were three with their gun barrels pointed south.
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