PNN – South Korean authorities announced the removal of advertising loudspeakers installed along the country’s border with North Korea.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Reuters, South Korean officials announced the removal of advertising loudspeakers installed along the country’s border with North Korea, a move that is in line with the policies of new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung to reduce tensions with Pyongyang.
South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, has shut down propaganda loudspeakers installed along the country’s border with North Korea, shortly after taking office, in a move aimed at reviving stalled talks between Seoul and Pyongyang.
However, the northern neighbor recently rejected Seoul’s offer and announced that it is not interested in negotiating with South Korea.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said today that the dismantling of the propaganda loudspeakers was purely a practical measure aimed at helping to ease tensions between South and North Korea.
In images released by the South Korean Ministry of Defense, soldiers are seen cutting off power to loudspeakers that are stacked like a wall.
North and South Korea are still technically at war, despite declaring a ceasefire after the 1950-53 war, and their relations have deteriorated in recent years.
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in collected the loudspeakers in 2018, and his government agreed to stop any hostile actions that could lead to a possible military conflict.
However, the country’s conservative and ousted former president, Yoon Seok-yeol, ordered the installation of loudspeakers last year in response to balloons containing garbage and waste from North Korea entering Seoul’s airspace.
After Seoul turned off the loudspeakers in June, Pyongyang also appears to have stopped its retaliatory action, a move that had annoyed South Korean border residents for months.