S. Korea's defense ministry dismantles loudspeakers along DMZ from May 1st
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Work is about to begin on removing the loudspeakers set up along the inter-Korean border.
They used to blare out anti-Kim Jong-un messages and South Korean pop songs in a bid to demoralize North Korean troops lined up along the northern side of the DMZ.
However,... under the inter-Korean summit agreement reached last Friday,... they are all being moved out.
Our Park Jiwon tells us more.
Around 40 South Korean anti-North Korean regime loudspeakers set up along the demilitarized zone on the inter-Korean border are being dismantled, starting from this afternoon.
A South Korean defense ministry official told Arirang News that military personnel were being trained on how to take apart the speakers during the morning,... before the military begins work to dismantle the loudspeakers in the afternoon.
"This is part of efforts to implement the Panmunjom Declaration, in which the two sides agreed to stop all hostile acts from May 1st,... and to eliminate the means to perform such acts,.. including broadcasting messages through loudspeakers and distributing leaflets in the areas along the demilitarized zone."
The ministry assured the public though, that the military is maintaining its utmost readiness and preparedness, while doing its best to carry out the measures of Friday's historic agreement.
South Korea started broadcasting messages to the North using the loudspeakers along the border in 1963,... 55 years ago.
The loudspeakers have a long history of sometimes being removed and sometimes set up again,... according to the changing administrations' inter-Korean relations.
The current loudspeaker broadcasts resumed back in January 2016,... in response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.
Work is about to begin on removing the loudspeakers set up along the inter-Korean border.
They used to blare out anti-Kim Jong-un messages and South Korean pop songs in a bid to demoralize North Korean troops lined up along the northern side of the DMZ.
However,... under the inter-Korean summit agreement reached last Friday,... they are all being moved out.
Our Park Jiwon tells us more.
Around 40 South Korean anti-North Korean regime loudspeakers set up along the demilitarized zone on the inter-Korean border are being dismantled, starting from this afternoon.
A South Korean defense ministry official told Arirang News that military personnel were being trained on how to take apart the speakers during the morning,... before the military begins work to dismantle the loudspeakers in the afternoon.
"This is part of efforts to implement the Panmunjom Declaration, in which the two sides agreed to stop all hostile acts from May 1st,... and to eliminate the means to perform such acts,.. including broadcasting messages through loudspeakers and distributing leaflets in the areas along the demilitarized zone."
The ministry assured the public though, that the military is maintaining its utmost readiness and preparedness, while doing its best to carry out the measures of Friday's historic agreement.
South Korea started broadcasting messages to the North using the loudspeakers along the border in 1963,... 55 years ago.
The loudspeakers have a long history of sometimes being removed and sometimes set up again,... according to the changing administrations' inter-Korean relations.
The current loudspeaker broadcasts resumed back in January 2016,... in response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.