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Thu, July 16, 2020 | 12:56

North Korea completes setting up 20 loudspeakers along border

North Korea completes setting up 20 loudspeakers along border

North Korea has completed setting up around 20 propaganda loudspeakers in regions along the inter-Korean border, about half of which had been removed under a 2018 summit agreement with South Korea, a military source said Tuesday. The North was first seen reinstalling the loudspeakers inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on Sunday in the latest in a series o...

2020-06-23 10:28

Leafleting into North Korea exercise of right to freedom of expression: UN rights official

Leafleting into North Korea exercise of right to freedom of expression: UN rights official

The sending of leaflets into North Korea by defectors is an exercise of the right to freedom of expression, a U.N. official said, amid Pyongyang's threats to punish Seoul for failing to stop the launches that criticize the North Korean leader. Signe Poulsen, head of the Seoul office of the U.N. Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, made the remarks amid heightening te...

2020-06-23 09:29

North Korean defectors' group says it sent leaflets to North overnight

North Korea reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers

North Korea reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers

North Korea is reinstalling “propaganda loudspeakers” on the inter-Korean border, after having removed them in 2018 following an agreement reached at an inter-Korean summit, the military said Monday.

Kim Rahn | 2020-06-22 21:17

N. Korea reaffirms plan for anti-Seoul leaflet campaign

N. Korea reaffirms plan for anti-Seoul leaflet campaign

North Korea reaffirmed its plan to launch anti-South Korea leaflets, Sunday, a day after the Ministry of Unification expressed regret over the plan and urged the North to drop it immediately. Tasked with propaganda operation, the North's United Front Department (UFD) holds the South responsible for “scrapping” a 2018 inter-Korean agreement that sought to end hostile activitie...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-06-21 16:48

N. Korea vows to send anti-Seoul leaflets; calls inter-Korean agreement 'dead document'

N. Korea vows to send anti-Seoul leaflets; calls inter-Korean agreement 'dead document'

North Korea said Sunday it has no intention to cancel its plan to send anti-South Korea leaflets across the border, calling an inter-Korean agreement that bans such activity "a dead document." On Saturday, the North's state media said Pyongyang was printing anti-Seoul propaganda materials in large numbers and preparing to send them across the border. South Korea's unification...

2020-06-21 10:16

N. Korea getting ready to send anti-Seoul leaflets to S. Korea

N. Korea getting ready to send anti-Seoul leaflets to S. Korea

North Korea is printing anti-Seoul leaflets in large numbers and preparing to send them across the border to South Korea, the country's official news agency said Saturday.

2020-06-20 11:01

S. Korea urges NK to drop plan to send anti-Seoul leaflets

Call for deployment of US strategic assets

Call for deployment of US strategic assets

Rep. Shin Won-sik, third from left, of the main opposition United Future Party (UFP) speaks during a press briefing at the National Assembly in Seoul, Friday, calling for the resumption of annual joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States and the deployment of U.S. strategic assets on the Korean Peninsula amid growing tensions here due to North Korea's...

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-19 17:24

North Korea strengthens internal solidarity by criticizing external enemies

North Korea strengthens internal solidarity by criticizing external enemies

North Korea seems to be strengthening its internal integrity by stepping up public criticism of South Korea, the U.S., Japan and a number of European nations, as well as issuing internal publications to praise the political achievements of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong-il. But it has refrained from issuing official statements from high-profile officials, like the ones ...

Jung Da-min | 2020-06-19 17:14

Two left-wingers cause stir for divisive comments

Two left-wingers cause stir for divisive comments

Two left-wing figures have found themselves in trouble after drawing public backlash over their inappropriate remarks on minorities in Korean society.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-06-19 16:37

Ex-chief of staff, ex-DPK floor leader top candidates for unification minister

Ex-chief of staff, ex-DPK floor leader top candidates for unification minister

Following Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul's resignation over worsened inter-Korean ties, Cheong Wa Dae is now searching for his replacement, with politicians coming to the fore.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-19 16:27

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