North Korea to resume border propaganda broadcasts

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 07:57 · Archive

North Korea plans to resume anti-South Korea propaganda broadcasts along the militarised border.

North Korea has announced plans to resume anti-South Korea propaganda broadcasts along the militarised border, with loudspeakers to be placed along the entire frontier. Kim Yo Jong, a senior North Korean official and sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said the broadcasts would be on 'standby' within days and warned of 'the most horrible and distressing situation' if South Korea continued what Pyongyang describes as interference in its internal affairs. She also said North Korea would place 'new counter means' on alert along the border, without elaborating.

The announcement follows escalating tensions after a landmine blast last month that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone. Seoul accused North Korean troops of deliberately laying the mines during fortification work. Pyongyang denied the allegation, calling it a South Korean fabrication, and accused South Korean troops of conducting warning broadcasts and firing warning shots at multiple locations near the border. Seoul said the warning shots were fired as 'legitimate and defensive measures'.

North Korea has been adding mines, barbed wire fences, anti-tank barriers and other fortifications to the border zone. South Korea's Ministry of National Defence urged North Korea to discuss measures to ease tension and prevent accidental military clashes.

How it is being reported

• North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South KoreaNorth Korea plans to resume anti-Seoul propaganda broadcasts along the heavily armed border with South Korea, leader Kim Jong Un's sister said, reviving a psychological warfare campaign.NPR · 22 Oct, 07:36
• North Korea to resume propaganda broadcasts, South Korea urges dialoguePyongyang plans to resume broadcasting anti-South Korea propaganda along the armed border.Al Jazeera · 22 Oct, 05:45

In this story: North Korea · South Korea · Kim Yo Jong · Kim Jong Un · Demilitarised Zone

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