South Korea continues cross-border broadcasts

South Korea's military said on Saturday that it will continue loudspeaker broadcasts aimed toward North Korea, adding that the North has not yet made any detectible moves of a possible provocation.

South Korea restarted its cross-border loudspeaker broadcasts carrying anti-North Korea messages on Friday after stopping them for about four months. The South is resuming the broadcasts in retaliation against the hydrogen bomb test North Korea claimed it detonated on Wednesday.

“We are continuing the broadcasts at 10 spots along the border on Saturday,” a military official was quoted as saying. “We have not yet detected any unusual activity by the North Korean army.”

South Korea said it will continue the broadcasts irregularly around the clock.

Pyongyang has bolstered its monitoring at the border and also started its own broadcasts to disturb Seoul's loudspeakers, but has yet to make other significant moves, military sources said.

Seoul believes that North Korea violated the two Koreas' rare Aug. 25 deal to defuse military tension. Landmines planted in the South’s patrol zone detonated and maimed two South Korean soldiers in early August, sharply escalating military tensions between the two Koreas.

In the wake of the landmine incident and subsequent exchanges of fire, the two Koreas reached a set of agreements in August to ease tensions and make efforts to improve their ties.

North Korea made its first official reaction against the broadcasts on Friday, saying that South Korea's moves could provoke a war. Pyongyang added the hydrogen bomb test has “displayed the dignity” of the country.