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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Tong-Hyung

South Korea claims North Korea has removed speakers from tense border

North Korea has begun dismantling some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, South Korea’s military confirmed on Saturday, following Seoul’s own removal of propaganda speakers in a concerted effort to de-escalate tensions.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not disclose the specific sites where the North Koreans were removing the equipment, nor was it immediately clear whether Pyongyang intended to take down all of its loudspeakers.

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