South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung has suspended anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts at the border with North Korea, aiming to ease tensions and “rebuild trust,” reported RT yesterday. “Inter-Korean relations reached their lowest point in decades during the presidency of the recently impeached Yoon Suk Yeol. Lee has pledged to restore ties.”
Presidential office spokeswoman Kang Yu-jung said during a June 11 press briefing that the measure is intended to demonstrate the new South Korean administration’s “commitment to restoring trust in inter-Korean relations and establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula.” It is also “meant to reduce military confrontation between the two Koreas and open the door to rebuilding mutual trust,” Kang added.
North Korea has responded in kind, shutting down their tit-for-tat loudspeakers near the border targeting South Korea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said June 12.
