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South Korea has resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea, warning that the measures would be “unbearable” for the Kim Jong Un regime. The decision came after North Korea resumed sending balloons carrying trash across the border, prompting a strong response from Seoul. The broadcasts, which have been halted since 2018, will include world news, information about democratic and capitalist society, and popular K-pop music. South Korea believes the sound will travel more than 20 kilometers into North Korea and send a message of hope and light to the North’s troops and people.

North Korea has announced it will halt its campaign of sending trash-carrying balloons into South Korea, claiming the South Koreans have had “enough experience of how much unpleasant they feel.” This announcement comes hours after South Korea vowed to retaliate with “unbearable” measures over the balloon activities and other provocations. South Korea is likely to resume loudspeaker broadcasts into North Korea, which includes criticism of its human rights situation, world news, and K-pop songs. North Korea is highly sensitive to such broadcasts due to its citizens’ limited access to outside information.

Tensions between North and South Korea escalate as North Korea launches rubbish-carrying balloons and simulates nuclear strikes. South Korea plans to retaliate with ‘unbearable’ measures, including resuming loudspeaker broadcasts into North Korea, to counter their ‘absurd and irrational acts of provocation’.