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Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader kim Jong-un, speaks in an event held in North Korea in a footage carried by Korean Central TV.

Kim Yo-jong blames Seoul for border tensions, threatens to resume loudspeaker broadcasts

The North Korean leader's powerful sister blamed "warmongers" in the South's military for making the inter-Korean border "very unstable," citing warning shots and loudspeaker warnings by South Korean troops.

2026.10.19

North Korea's loudspeakers installed along the inter-Korean border on Aug. 11 [YONHAP]

North Korea installs 2 additional loudspeakers along border

North Korea appears to have installed additional loudspeakers against South Korea along the inter-Korean border, military officials said Friday.

2025.8.23

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Unification Minister Chung Dong-young takes off his glasses during a plenary session of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Aug. 18. [NEWS1]

Unification minister says 'military should've been more careful' in loudspeaker scramble

South Korea's Unification Minister discussed the confusion regarding North Korea's propaganda loudspeaker dismantling and ongoing dialogue efforts.

2025.8.18

Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, makes a speech on Aug. 10, 2022. [RODONG SINMUN]

'Not willing to remove them': North's Kim Yo-jong refutes loudspeaker removal claims by South

Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, said Thursday that Pyongyang has not dismantled its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border — and has no intention of doing so.

2025.8.14

The photo shows a North Korean guard post and loudspeaker facing the South along the Imjin River in Paju, Gyeonggi, near the inter-Korean border on Aug. 10. [YONHAP]

No signs of North further dismantling border loudspeakers, Joint Chiefs of Staff say

North Korea does not appear to have removed any additional loudspeakers installed along the border that blare noise into South Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday, after the North was seen beginning to dismantle some last week.

2025.8.11

The Defense Ministry says on Aug. 4 that it is starting to dismantle loudspeakers installed along the inter-Korean border. [NEWS1]

North Korea mirrors South and dismantles loudspeakers ahead of Liberation Day

North Korea has dismantled some loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border in what appears to be a reciprocal move to South Korea’s recent removal of its own devices, a gesture seen as an effort to manage tensions ahead of the Aug. 15 Liberation Day.

2025.8.10

A North Korean guard post and loudspeakers aimed at the South are seen from a border area in Paju, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 4. [WOO SANG-JO]

N. Korea installs more border loudspeakers against S. Korea between May, June: JCS

North Korea increased the number of loudspeakers against South Korea installed along border areas between May and June, but none of them are currently in operation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.

2025.8.8

Soldiers dismantle a fixed loudspeaker set-up at an unspecified location that had been used for propaganda broadcasts against North Korea, on Aug. 4. [YONHAP]

No signs of N. Korea removing border loudspeakers, Seoul says

North Korea has yet to show any signs of taking down its loudspeakers along the border with South Korea, the South's military said Tuesday, a day after Seoul began dismantling its border loudspeakers for anti-Pyongyang broadcasts.

2025.8.5

South Korean soldiers dismantle loudspeakers installed along the border for psychological warfare against North Korea on Aug. 4. [MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE]

South Korea dismantles border loudspeakers despite North's lack of engagement

South Korea’s military began dismantling fixed loudspeakers along the border with North Korea on Monday, 14 months after the former administration reactivated them in response to Pyongyang’s provocative trash balloon campaigns.

2025.8.4

An object that seems to be a loudspeaker appears next to a North Korean military post on the inter-Korean border. [YONHAP]

North Korea's anti-South broadcasts harm mental, physical health of border residents, surveys suggest

Noise from North Korean loudspeakers potentially harms the health of South Koreans living in border adjacent regions, according to recent mental health survey results released Thursday.

2024.11.21