Citizens are looking at the area of North Korea’s Gaepung-gun from Odusan Observatory in Paju, Gyeonggi Province on the 2nd. Photo=News1,
, ‘The government has pulled out the card of resuming loudspeaker broadcasts to respond to North Korea’s launching of propaganda balloons towards the South. Loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea are considered a powerful psychological warfare tool feared by the North Korean regime. This is because frontline North Korean troops and residents in border areas can hear the broadcast content.’,
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, ‘On the 2nd, the Presidential Office, led by Jang Ho-jin, chief of the National Security Office, held an expanded meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) to discuss countermeasures against North Korea’s propaganda balloon launches.’,
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, ‘A senior official from the Presidential Office, meeting with reporters after the NSC meeting, said, “The resumption of loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea is not ruled out as a response to the propaganda balloons, and we will certainly take the necessary procedures to do so.” He added, “We will see the specifics very soon,” and “It might not be effective for North Korea.”‘,
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, ‘Meanwhile, loudspeaker broadcasts to North Korea began during the Park Chung-hee government era in 1963 and were discontinued in 2004 during the Roh Moo-hyun government through an inter-Korean military agreement.’,
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