{"id":28548,"date":"2025-08-10T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=28548"},"modified":"2025-08-10T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T07:23:32","slug":"north-korea-dismantles-propaganda-speakers-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/north-korea-dismantles-propaganda-speakers-at-border\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea dismantles propaganda speakers at border"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC News : South Korea’s military says North Korea has begun removing some of the loudspeakers used to broadcast propaganda across the border between the two countries.<\/p>\n

North Korea’s move appears to be a positive reaction to the overtures from newly elected South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who had campaigned on improving inter-Korean ties.<\/p>\n

South Korea dismantled some of its own loudspeakers earlier this week. It had halted broadcasts along the demilitarised zone shortly after Lee took office in June – prompting a similar response from its neighbour.<\/p>\n

South Korean broadcasts had often featured K-pop songs and news reports while the North played unsettling noises, such as howling animals.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Saturday, South Korea’s military said it had “detected North Korean troops dismantling propaganda loudspeakers in some parts along the front line from this morning”.<\/p>\n

It added: “It remains to be confirmed whether the devices have been removed across all regions, and the military will continue to monitor related activities.”<\/p>\n

The speaker broadcasts had been suspended on previous occasions. But after a six-year pause, they resumed in June 2024 in response to Pyongyang’s campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons to the South.<\/p>\n

Residents living along the border had complained that their lives have been blighted by noise coming from both sides, sometimes in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

Seoul claimed the broadcasts could be heard as much as 10km (six miles) across the border in the day and up to 24km (15 miles) at night.<\/p>\n

But speaking after South Korea suspended its broadcasts in June, organisations advocating to improve the human rights of North Koreans criticised the move.<\/p>\n

Ties between North and South Korea had deteriorated under President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was more hawkish towards Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

Yoon was impeached and removed from his post for briefly placing South Korea under martial law in December, citing supposed threats from anti-state forces and North Korea sympathisers.<\/p>\n

Reuniting with the South had always been a key, if increasingly unrealistic, part of the North’s ideology since the inception of the state – until its current leader, Kim Jong Un, abandoned the idea in 2024.<\/p>\n

Both countries are technically still at war since the Korean War ended in 1953 without a peace treaty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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