South Korea to begin loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea

Record ID: 1822176

  • Title: South Korea to begin loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea
  • Date: 9th June 2024
  • Summary: PAJU, SOUTH KOREA (JUNE 5, 2024) (REUTERS) VIEW OF INTER-KOREAN BORDER SEPARATING TWO KOREAS SOUTH KOREAN GUARD POST EQUIPMENT BELIEVED TO BE LOUDSPEAKER SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS SOUTH KOREAN GUARD POST DEMILITARISED ZONE, NORTH KOREA (FILMED FROM SOUTH KOREA) (JUNE 5, 2024) (REUTERS) NORTH KOREAN TERRITORY AND GUARD POST SEEN FROM SOUTH KOREAN SIDE VARIOUS OF NORTH KOREAN GU
  • Embargoed: 23rd June 2024 06:52
  • Keywords: North Korea South Korea balloons border loudspeaker resume rubbish
  • Location: PAJU, SOUTH KOREA / DEMILITARISED ZONE, NORTH KOREA
  • City: PAJU, SOUTH KOREA / DEMILITARISED ZONE, NORTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
  • Reuters ID: LVA002919509062024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS ORIGINALLY 4:3 MATERIAL
    South Korea will begin loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday (June 9) that will be "unbearable" for the Kim Jong Un regime, its National Security Council said, after Pyongyang resumed sending balloons carrying trash across the border.
    The Council met on Sunday morning, after dozens of balloons with trash attached were found in Seoul and in areas near the border earlier in the day and overnight.
    Pyongyang started sending balloons carrying trash and manure across the border in May and has said the move was in retaliation for anti-North leaflets flown by South Korean activists as part of a propaganda campaign.
    On June 2, the North said it would temporarily halt sending the balloons because 15 tonnes of trash it sent was probably enough to get the message across on how "unpleasant" it was. However, it vowed to resume if leaflets are again flown from the South by sending hundred times the amount.
    (Production: Sebin Choi, Heejung Jung)
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