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North Korea Begins Removing Border Propaganda Loudspeakers in Reciprocal Gesture

Seoul completed removal of about 20 anti-Pyongyang speakers earlier this week under President Lee’s reconciliation drive.

FILE - A North Korean military guard post, left, and loudspeaker are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
Soldiers dismantle a fixed loudspeaker facility at an unspecified location, which had been used for propaganda broadcasts against North Korea on Aug. 4, 2025, in this photo provided by South Korea's defense ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top right, and South Korean military guard post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Overview

  • South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported detection of North Korean troops dismantling some border loudspeakers on Saturday morning.
  • Pyongyang had installed additional loudspeakers facing the South between May and June without activating them until this reciprocal removal.
  • Seoul halted its own propaganda broadcasts on June 11 under President Lee Jae Myung’s reconciliation agenda.
  • North Korea has not yet responded to Seoul’s offer to repatriate a body found in June on Seongmodo island.
  • In early August, a North Korean individual defected via the Han River estuary, highlighting ongoing border unpredictability.