North Korea Targets South Korean Island with Psychological Warfare Tactics

Residents of Ganghwa Island are enduring nightly sonic assaults from North Korean loudspeakers, disrupting lives and causing widespread distress.

North Korea has installed loudspeakers near its border with South Korea, broadcasting disturbing sounds such as gunfire, sinister laughter, and ghostly howls toward Ganghwa Island.
The relentless noise, reaching up to 80 decibels, has severely impacted the lives of the island's 65,000 residents, causing sleep deprivation and health issues, particularly among children.
The broadcasts are seen as a psychological warfare tactic, with some experts suggesting they aim to counter South Korea's own loudspeaker propaganda, including K-pop music and military updates.
Residents of Ganghwa have expressed desperation, likening the ordeal to a natural disaster, and are calling on South Korean authorities to intervene, though no action has been taken yet.
This escalation follows months of heightened tensions, including North Korea's previous use of balloons filled with waste to provoke the South, highlighting the ongoing hostility between the two nations.