Down go the propaganda speakers again, at least until the next time the North Koreans decide to start another provocation cycle:
South Korean soldiers dismantle loudspeakers used for anti-Pyongyang broadcasts at the border city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday, after the leaders of the two Koreas agreed to cease hostilities toward each other in the Panmunjeom Declaration signed Friday. / Joint press corps
Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense removed propaganda loudspeakers near the military demarcation line (MDL), Tuesday, in fulfillment of a part of the Panmunjeom Declaration signed by President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
The ministry began the dismantling at 2 p.m.; and it took about an hour for around 30 people from the military and a speaker manufacturer to remove one speaker. The work in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, was covered by the media. The ministry did not say how long it would take to completely remove the dozens of speakers along the border
The move follows an agreement in the declaration announced Friday, in which the two Koreas agreed to cease all hostile acts against each other and eliminate any means of activities considered hostile in the areas along the MDL starting May 1, with a goal to turn the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) into a real peace zone. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but I wonder if it is a crew drill for these ROK Army soldiers to put propaganda speakers up and down as quickly as possible because we all know they are going back up again at some point? 😉
