North Korea removes speakers from their tense borders, says the South Korean army

Seoul, South Korea – The South Korean army said on Saturday that it had discovered north korea Removing some loudspeakers from the border between the Koreans, days after the dismantling of speakers on the front lines used in the anti -North Korean propaganda broadcasts, in an attempt to alleviate tensions.

The chiefs of staff in South Korea did not reveal the sites where the North Koreans remove the speakers and said that it was not immediately clear whether the north would lead to the bottom.

In recent months, residents of the South Korean border complained that North Korean speakers had exploded disturbing voices, including howl and Gong animals, in response to South Korean propaganda.

The South Korean army said that the north stopped its broadcast in June after the new liberal president in Seoul, Lee Jay MongHe stopped broadcasting the south in the first concrete step of his government towards alleviating tensions between the competitors ’destination for the war. The South Korean army began removing amplifiers from the border areas on Monday, but it did not specify how they would be stored or whether it could be spread quickly if the tensions erupted again.

North Korea, which is very sensitive to any external criticism of its authoritarian leadership and its third ruler, of the third generation, Kim Jong On Jong UnShe did not immediately confirm that she was dropping loudspeakers.

The former conservative government in South Korea resumed the direct broadcast of the daily loudspeakers in June last year, after a hiatus for years, in response to North Korea balloons carrying garbage south.

The speakers detonated advertising messages and K-POP songs, a operating list designed to hit a nerve in Pyongyang, where Kim was pushing an intense campaign to eliminate the influence of the South Korean pop culture and language among the population in an attempt to enhance the family base of his family.

Psychological war campaigns, similar to the Cold War, have increased more than the tensions it has already inflicted on the advanced nuclear program of North Korea and the South Korean efforts to expand the scope of joint military training with the United States and its tripartite security cooperation with Japan.

Li, who took office in June after his victory Early elections To replace the conservative conservative Yoon Suk Yeol, he wants to improve relations with Pyongyang, whose reaction was angry at the strict Yoon policies and avoiding dialogue.

but Kim U Yong, The influential sister of the North Korean leader rejects initiatives by the Li government in late July, saying that “blind confidence” in Seoul in the country’s alliance with the United States is not different from its conservative predecessor.

She later issued a separate statement and the Trump administration’s intention to resume diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament refused, indicating that Pyongyang – has now focused on expanding relations with Russia in the war in Ukraine – they only see a little urgent need to resume talks with Seoul or Washington.

Tensions between the Koreans can rise again later this month, when South Korea and the United States are progressing with the widely integrated military training, which begins on August 18. North Korea’s labels are joint allies training, such as the conquest, and it is often used as an excuse to contact military demonstrations and weapons tests aimed at applying for the core program.