South Korea claims North Korea has removed speakers from tense border
North Korea responds to South Korea’s bid to ease tensions
- North Korea has begun dismantling some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, a move confirmed by South Korea's military.
- This development follows South Korea's own removal of propaganda speakers earlier in the week, as both nations seek to de-escalate tensions.
- The loudspeaker broadcasts were part of Cold War-style psychological warfare, with North Korea blasting irritating sounds in response to South Korean propaganda.
- The current South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, has aimed to improve relations with Pyongyang, halting South Korean transmissions in June, which prompted North Korea to cease its own broadcasts.
- Despite these de-escalation efforts, tensions could potentially rise again later this month with the planned large-scale combined military exercises between South Korea and the United States.