South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding Pyongyang stop sending balloons carrying trash into the South. - REUTERS
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00:00 South Korean military said it resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on Sunday
00:07 after Pyongyang sent more balloons carrying trash into the South.
00:12 In a video provided by the military on Sunday, trucks were shown carrying loudspeakers and
00:16 soldiers assembling them in a training exercise.
00:19 The military said it was the first such training since 2018.
00:23 The location and date of the training were not disclosed.
00:27 The decision to resume the broadcasts as a form of psychological warfare was made after
00:32 North Korea began launching about 330 balloons with trash attached a day before, with about
00:38 80 of them dropping over the border.
00:41 That's according to South Korea's military.
00:44 South Korea's broadcasts include world news and information about democratic and capitalist
00:49 society with a mix of popular K-pop music.
00:53 The sound is believed to travel more than 12 miles into North Korea.
00:57 Kim Suk-kyung is a presidential spokesperson.
01:02 The measures we will take may be unbearable for the North Korean regime, but they will
01:06 send a message of hope and light to the North's troops and its people.
01:11 Pyongyang started sending balloons carrying trash and manure across the border in May.
01:17 It has said the move was in retaliation for anti-North leaflets flown by South Korean activists.
01:23 North Korea has shown some of the angriest reactions towards the leaflet campaign and
01:30 the loudspeaker broadcasts, in some cases firing weapons at the balloons and speakers.
01:36 South Korea stopped the broadcasts under an agreement signed by the two Korea's leaders
01:42 in 2018, but tensions have mounted since then as Pyongyang pushed ahead with weapons development.
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