South Korea suspends anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts at border
- 6 years ago
The news is coming thick and fast ahead of the Moon-Kim summit.
South Korea has suspended its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts that had boomed across the inter-Korean border for many months until now.
The decision was made in light of the historic inter-Korean summit set for Friday.
For more on this, let's connect with our Park Jiwon.
Ji-won,... this move is definitely going to help cool tensions ahead of the talks....
That's right, Ji-yoon.
From midnight this Monday,... South Korea suspended its anti-Pyongyang, anti-Kim Jong-un regime broadcasts through its loudspeakers along the border between the two Koreas.
South Korea's defense ministry said the decision to suspend propaganda broadcasts from some 40 broadcast speakers was to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula,... and to create a peaceful atmosphere for the summit talks.
The defense ministry also said it hopes the suspension contributes to stopping mutual slander between the two Koreas,... and helps create a new beginning of peace.
Well,... we know how much North Korea hated those broadcasts.... so Pyongyang will see this as a positive step, for sure.
And also starting today,... joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea kicked off, which will last for two weeks.
That's right, Ji-yoon.
South Korea and the United States start their annual military exercise today as planned.
Key Resolve is a two-week command-post exercise with computer-based simulations in two parts,... one, responding to a hypothetical attack by North Korea and, the other, an allied counterattack.
Some 12-thousand troops from South Korea and the U.S. will participate in the exercise,... which is similar in size to last year's.
South Korea's defense ministry said it has yet to decide whether the exercise will take place on Friday -- the day of the summit.
However,... there have been reports that the exercise will probably not take place on Friday.
The South Korean Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Jeong Kyeong-doo and his U.S. counterpart General Vincent Brooks,... will make a final decision on the matter early this week.
The four-week Foal Eagle field-training exercise is also underway,.. yet the exercise has been low-key compared to past drills, with no media exposure.
Back to you, Mark.
South Korea has suspended its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts that had boomed across the inter-Korean border for many months until now.
The decision was made in light of the historic inter-Korean summit set for Friday.
For more on this, let's connect with our Park Jiwon.
Ji-won,... this move is definitely going to help cool tensions ahead of the talks....
That's right, Ji-yoon.
From midnight this Monday,... South Korea suspended its anti-Pyongyang, anti-Kim Jong-un regime broadcasts through its loudspeakers along the border between the two Koreas.
South Korea's defense ministry said the decision to suspend propaganda broadcasts from some 40 broadcast speakers was to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula,... and to create a peaceful atmosphere for the summit talks.
The defense ministry also said it hopes the suspension contributes to stopping mutual slander between the two Koreas,... and helps create a new beginning of peace.
Well,... we know how much North Korea hated those broadcasts.... so Pyongyang will see this as a positive step, for sure.
And also starting today,... joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea kicked off, which will last for two weeks.
That's right, Ji-yoon.
South Korea and the United States start their annual military exercise today as planned.
Key Resolve is a two-week command-post exercise with computer-based simulations in two parts,... one, responding to a hypothetical attack by North Korea and, the other, an allied counterattack.
Some 12-thousand troops from South Korea and the U.S. will participate in the exercise,... which is similar in size to last year's.
South Korea's defense ministry said it has yet to decide whether the exercise will take place on Friday -- the day of the summit.
However,... there have been reports that the exercise will probably not take place on Friday.
The South Korean Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Jeong Kyeong-doo and his U.S. counterpart General Vincent Brooks,... will make a final decision on the matter early this week.
The four-week Foal Eagle field-training exercise is also underway,.. yet the exercise has been low-key compared to past drills, with no media exposure.
Back to you, Mark.