North Korea Readies Border Loudspeakers Within Days as South Korea Seeks Talks After 3-Soldier Blast
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Oct 21
North Korea Readies Border Loudspeakers Within Days as South Korea Seeks Talks After 3-Soldier Blast
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Oct 21
Summary
Kim Yo Jong said North Korea will put anti-South loudspeakers on standby within days and place unspecified “new counter means” on alert along the entire border.
The move follows a landmine blast last month that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the DMZ, an incident Seoul blamed on deliberate North Korean mining and Pyongyang dismissed as fabrication.
Kim also said North Korean tactical units had taken new positions and accused South Korean troops of warning broadcasts and warning shots; Seoul called those shots legitimate defensive measures.
South Korea’s defence ministry urged Pyongyang to discuss steps to ease border tensions and prevent accidental clashes, even though the North has already cut off the inter-Korean military hotline.
The latest threat revives a long-running loudspeaker propaganda battle across the DMZ as North Korea keeps reinforcing what it increasingly treats as a permanent border.