South Korea turns off propaganda speakers to North Korea

South Korean military forces say it has stopped its speaker propaganda transmission across the border to North Korea, as part of the “restoration of trust” of both countries.

The move takes place a week after the state elected its new President Lee Jae-Myung, who had campaigned for improving the links of the intercore.

Pyongyang believes that speaker propaganda transmits the war and has threatened to blow them into the past.

They were suspended for six years, but in June last year, they resumed in response to the Pyongyang campaign to send the cylinders filled with the border to the south.

In recent years, broadcasts include news from Korea and abroad, as well as information on democracy and life in the south.

The link between North Korea and South Korea had deteriorated under the leadership of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was more hawk against Pyongyang.

Yoon was charged and removed from his post to briefly post South Korea in December, according to war laws, referring to the thoughtful threat from anti -state forces and North Korea’s affection.

His successor Lee had campaigned for a series of pledge, including one to restart dialogue with Pyongyang and reduce tension between the two countries.

The aim of the relocation is to “restore confidence in the inter -correlation relationship and to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula,” a military statement said.

But organizations in favor of improving the human rights of North Korea have criticized the suspension.

“There was an essential bridge to the North Korean people, the reminder that they are not forgotten. By turning them off, we have just strengthened Kim Jong and efforts to preserve his people isolated,” said Hana Song, Executive Director of the North Korean Human Rights Database Center based on Seoul.

“The fact that one of the first activities of the new government is the exclusion of speakers is a worrying sign,” she added. “This suggests that we are back in the days when North Korean regime is calmed down.”

But residents living along the border have welcomed the march. They have been complaining for several months that their lives have been fascinated by the noise of the speakers coming from the south and the north, sometimes in the middle of the night.

One border region in the Ganghwa district said in a statement: “We hope this decision will lead to the end of the North Korea’s Psychological War, allowing our people to return to normal everyday life.”

According to Yonhap news agency Yonhap, the decision of the military also took into account the fact that North had no longer sent balloons over the border filled to waste.

However, when stopping the broadcasts, military personnel signals that speakers can be dismissed again, if necessary, Yonhap adds.

Seoul says broadcasts can be heard up to 10 km (6.2 miles) across the border day and up to 24 km (15 miles) at night.

The suspension takes place almost a year after they were first resumed in June 2024, when both countries were involved in various revenge campaigns involving waste and propaganda balloons.

The reunion with the south was always the main thing, if the Nordic ideology has been increasingly unrealistic since the beginning of the country – to Kim’s ideas since the beginning of last year.

Both countries are still technically in war, as the Korean War ended in 1953 without a peace treaty.