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Powerful sister of North Korean leader denies removal of front-line speakers
Kim Yo Jong denies North Korea is removing border loudspeakers and dismisses South Korea's hopes for renewed talks amid ongoing military tensions, South Korea reported some removals last week.
- On Thursday, Kim Yo Jong dismissed South Korea’s claims that North Korea removed loudspeakers, mocking Seoul’s hopes for renewed diplomacy and saying `have never removed loudspeakers installed on the border area`.
- South Korea’s military said last week it detected North Korea removing some border loudspeakers after dismantling its own front-line speakers.
- In recent months, AP photojournalists still saw North Korean speakers from civilian-accessible areas after the announcement, while residents reported blasts of howling animals and pounding gongs.
- The president said, `Kim Yo Jong said North Korea has no interest in talks`, citing joint U.S.-South Korea exercises as proof of hostility.
- Experts say tensions could rise later this month with the large-scale annual combined U.S.-South Korea military exercises starting Aug. 18.
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North Korea and South Korea use speakers as a weapon of cognitive warfare. The two states of the Korean peninsula make use of the demilitarized border (DMZ), border...
North Korean leader Kim Yo-jong's influential sister refuted on Thursday, 14 August, reports from the South Korean army that North Korea had withdrawn its propaganda speakers on its border with the South, ruling out any idea of relaxation with Seoul.
North Korean leader Kim Yo Jong's influential sister denied on Thursday reports from the South Korean army that North Korea has withdrawn its propaganda speakers on its border with the South, excluding any idea of relaxation with Seoul. ...
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, denied Seoul’s statements and accused him of trying to “foul public opinion.”
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