South Korea has stopped broadcasting propaganda via loudspeakers along the border with North Korea, ahead of top-level talks later this week. South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement that they had stopped loudspeaker broadcasts in order to ease military tension and to create a peaceful climate ahead of the 2018 inter-Korea summit.
The South Korea has dozens of loudspeakers along the border area, which broadcast a mix of news, music and propaganda messages urging the North's soldiers to defect. Earlier, North Korea announced at the weekend that it has suspended nuclear tests and closed an atomic test site. The latest developments come ahead of a summit between the North's leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in on Friday, and with Kim expected to meet US President Donald Trump later.
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