US EditionNorth Korea starts dismantling some border loudspeakers, South Korea says
THE BORDER AREA BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA, AUG 8 – South Korea and North Korea have started removing border loudspeakers as part of efforts to ease tensions, with South Korea halting broadcasts after a government change.
- On August 9, 2025, South Korea’s military reported that North Korean forces were removing loudspeakers positioned along the border intended for broadcasting messages to the South.
- This action followed South Korea’s similar removal of its own loudspeakers used for anti-North broadcasts, which began on the preceding Monday after President Lee Jae Myung took office two months ago.
- Since the Korean War concluded with an armistice in the early 1950s, loudspeaker broadcasts across the border have been employed as a form of psychological warfare, with tensions escalating in recent years despite periods of varying diplomatic engagement.
- South Korea’s government stated these steps aim to ease tensions with Pyongyang, though further confirmation is needed on the full extent of dismantling and monitoring continues.
- The removals suggest a possible thaw in relations under Lee’s liberal administration, but longstanding rivalry and upcoming joint military exercises with the US may keep tensions fragile.
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North Korea takes down propaganda loudspeakers from tense border
South Korea’s military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border, days after the South dismantled its own front-line speakers used for anti-North Korean propaganda broadcasts, in a bid to ease tensions.
North Korea has begun removing loudspeakers along some of its borders, following South Korea's earlier move, a positive sign after the country elected a new president.
South Korea starts, North Korea follows: Propaganda speakers at the border between the two states are being dismantled. It is another signal for a possible relaxation on the peninsula.
North Korea starts dismantling some border loudspeakers, South Korea says
South Korea's military said on Saturday it had detected North Korean military dismantling some propaganda loudspeakers aimed at the South in parts of the border area, following similar moves by the South.
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