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South Korea Halts Decades-Old Propaganda Radio and TV Transmissions to North Korea

The presidential office says Seoul will only resume its decades-old radio and television campaigns if Pyongyang revives its own broadcasts

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An elderly woman sits and rests in front of her house in a village in Dangsan-ri, near the North Korean border, on July 6 after the loudspeaker broadcasts had ceased. Photo: Reuters
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Overview

  • Four radio channels run by the National Intelligence Service fell silent in early July, ending broadcasts that dated back to the 1970s.
  • Seoul’s presidential office confirmed on July 23 that all psychological warfare broadcasts via radio and television have been suspended for weeks under President Lee Jae Myung’s orders.
  • A senior government official stated the broadcasts will remain off the air unless North Korea reactivates its own cross-border messaging first.
  • The decision follows last month’s suspension of loudspeaker transmissions along the Demilitarized Zone as part of a broader effort to reduce military tensions.
  • The National Intelligence Service is reallocating its psychological operations unit toward security threat detection, early warning and building global consensus on national interest.