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South Korean military said on Saturday that it had removed some of its speakers from the southern South Korean border. A few days after the unique frontline speakers used in north-south propaganda broadcasts were dismantled to help the South ease tensions.
South Korea’s co-star chief said he had not disclosed where North Korea is removing speakers, and it is not immediately clear whether North Korea will defeat everything.
In recent months, South Korean border residents complained that North Korean speakers have blown up stimulating sounds that include howling animals and pounding gongs in Tart’s response to South Korean propaganda broadcasts.
South Korea said North Korea stopped broadcasting in June after Seoul’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, stopped broadcasting in the south with the government’s first concrete step to alleviate tensions among its war-splitting rivals. South Korean troops began removing speakers from the border area on Monday, but did not specify whether they could be relocated as soon as tensions ignite.
North Korea was extremely sensitive to external criticism of authoritarian leadership and third generation ruler Kim Jong-un, and did not immediately confirm that it was defeating speakers.
South Korea’s previous conservative government resumed daily speaker broadcasts in June last year. This was paused in retaliation for North Korea to fly balloons running garbage flying south.
The speakers blasted propaganda messages and K-pop songs. This is a playlist designed to hit the nerves in Pyongyang, and Kim is driving a fierce campaign to eliminate the influence of Korean pop culture and language in order to strengthen the family’s dynasty rule.
The Cold War-style psychological warfare campaign has further heightened tensions already inflamed by North Korea’s advance nuclear programme and South Korea’s efforts to expand joint military exercises with the United States and trilateral security cooperation with Japan.
Lee, who took office in June and then took office in early elections, hopes to improve his relationship with Pyongyang after he takes over as a cozy Yun Sook Yeol.
But Kim Yeo-Jung, an influential sister to the North Korean leader, rejected Lee’s government overture in late July, saying that the current government’s “blind trust” in its alliance with the US is no different from its conservative predecessor.
She later issued another statement dismissing President Donald Trump’s administration to resume diplomacy on North Korea’s denuclearization, suggesting that Pyongyang is focusing on expanding ties with Russia regarding the war in Ukraine – with little urgency when resuming talks with Seoul and Washington.
Tensions between South Korea could rise again later this month as South Korea and the US proceeded with its annual massive military exercises that begin on August 18th. North Korea labels allies’ joint drills as rehearsals for invasions, often as an excuse to dial up military demonstrations and weapons tests aimed at nuclear programs.
