South Korea started taking down the propaganda loudspeakers along the Demilitarized Zone on August 4, 2025, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry.

 South Korea began removing its propaganda loudspeakers along the Demilitarized Zone on August 4, 2025, according to the South Korean Defense Ministry. The devices had been installed on the border with North Korea to send anti‑North Korean messages, world news, democratic ideas, and K‑pop songs across the line. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s liberal government, which came to power in June 2025, had already stopped the broadcasts that month as part of efforts to ease tensions. Officials described the removal as a practical step aimed at calming the situation while keeping the military fully prepared. South Korea carried out the action on its own, without any prior discussions with the North Korean military. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected the move as insincere and said North Korea had no interest in resuming dialogue. The previous conservative government had restarted the broadcasts in June 2024 after North Korea sent trash‑filled balloons across the border. Military authorities in Seoul confirmed that taking down the loudspeakers does not weaken South Korea’s defense posture. Despite this gesture, the two countries remain technically at war because the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.

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BACKGROUND

The border loudspeakers have long been a symbol of psychological warfare on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea first installed these sound systems along the Demilitarized Zone during the Cold War to broadcast anti‑North Korean messages, news from the outside world, and later K‑pop music, aiming to influence North Korean soldiers and civilians near the border. The broadcasts were frequently stopped and restarted depending on the state of inter‑Korean relations. Tensions rose again in 2024 when the conservative government in Seoul resumed the broadcasts after North Korea launched balloons filled with trash and propaganda across the border. The use of loudspeakers has often triggered strong reactions from Pyongyang, with threats of military retaliation and harsh rhetoric. Although the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, the absence of a formal peace treaty has kept the two nations technically at war, making any symbolic gesture—such as removing the loudspeakers—a significant step in managing fragile relations.

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