North Korea's Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready within days
- On Oct 22, 2026, Kim, sister of Kim Jong, announced that Pyongyang will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers on standby along the border within days, warning Seoul of "the most horrible and distressing situation."
- Kim's threat follows a border blast last month that wounded two soldiers, an incident North Korea denies as a South Korean fabrication, after her visit to frontline fortification sites on Oct 20, 2026.
- Responding to a special adviser to President Lee Jae Myung, Kim said North Korea would continue fortifying its border, rejecting claims Pyongyang planted mines that wounded South Korean soldiers.
- These threats present President Lee with an "enormous dilemma," as his administration faces a choice between pursuing peaceful engagement and containing aggressive North Korean military activity.
- While Kim's warnings place loudspeakers on standby, Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Seoul's Kyungnam University, noted they do not necessarily mean the equipment will be activated.
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South Korea and North Korea ended an old sound war last year. Now North Korea is preparing to resume it.
Until early August 2025, loudspeakers stood on both sides of the border, used for psychological warfare. Now North Korea is putting them back.
Kim Yo-jong, Vice Department Director of the Workers' Party of Korea, announced that North Korea would deploy new countermeasures along the entire border and resume loudspeaker broadcasts directed at the South in response to criticism from Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Byong-joo. Emphasizing the legitimacy of construction to permanently solidify the border within the territory, Kim warned that any military response from the South would lead to a…
The North Korean leader's sister Kim Jong-un and the head of the KTC of the DPRK PKK, Kim Yee-jong, have announced the deployment of new counter-measures and the launch of loudspeakers on the South Korean border. "Our new means of opposition will be set up for service throughout the southern border line, and the loudspeakers against the Republic of Korea will be available for several days," said Kim Ye-jung, a statement circulated by CTAC.
NK leader's sister warns of border countermeasures, loudspeakers to be ready within days
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned Thursday of "new counter means" along the inter-Korean border, adding propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts against South Korea will be ready within days. Kim's warning came a day after she visited key locations along the southern border and threatened to take military action against what the North called South Korean troops' provocations against its border fortification wor…
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