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Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Loudspeakers Go Quiet on Korean Border, Ending a Year of Audio Aggression
SEOUL—Relations between North and South Korea have soured so badly that a respite from loudspeaker noise is considered a small diplomatic victory. For the past year or so, the two Koreas—still technically at war and increasingly hostile toward one another—have engaged in daily airwave aggression around their shared border. The North pumped out animal noises and wails; the South blared boy-band music and news.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
North Korea appears to have stopped loudspeakers blasting noise, Seoul says
SEOUL, June 12 (Reuters) - North Korea appears to have stopped loudspeakers near the border targeting South Korea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday. The JCS said that North Korean loudspeaker broadcasts were not heard on Thursday, and the South Korean military was monitoring Pyongyang's activities. Seoul suspended its own loudspeaker broadcasts near the border targeting North Korea on Wednesday, after having resumed propaganda and K-pop blasts last year during a time of growing tension with its neighbour. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, who took office this month vowing to resume dialogue with the North, ordered the move to ease tension, a presidential spokesperson said. Those living near the heavily fortified border have opposed the loudspeaker broadcasts, which they blame for severe noise nuisance.
The Standard
2 days ago
- Automotive
- The Standard
South Korea halts loudspeaker broadcasts along border with rival North Korea
FILE - A South Korean military vehicle with loudspeakers is seen in front of the barbed-wire fence in Paju, near the border with North Korea, on Feb. 15, 2018.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
