"Easing Tensions." A U-Turn on the Border with North Korea

Loudspeakers used to transmit propaganda broadcasts will disappear from the border with North Korea. The South Korean military began dismantling the equipment on Monday. Seoul had previously stopped broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda. The latest decision aims to "reduce tensions" between the two countries, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry.

South Korean military officials have begun dismantling loudspeakers installed on the border with North Korea , Yonhap reported, citing the South Korean Defense Ministry. The equipment was used to broadcast messages aimed at the Pyongyang regime's propaganda.

The decision to remove the loudspeakers came less than two months after South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ordered the suspension of anti-North broadcasts in an effort to, as he explained at the time, "rebuild trust."

Seoul argues that the removal of the loudspeakers is being carried out "as part of efforts to reduce tensions." "This is a practical measure that can help ease inter-Korean tensions without affecting the military's combat readiness ," the South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement.

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In 2024, South Korea resumed broadcasting anti -North Korean propaganda through loudspeakers located in border areas. This was in response to hundreds of balloons filled with filth that Pyongyang had been sending over South Korea for weeks. In total, more than a thousand such balloons were directed at South Korea.