SEOUL: South Korea on Tuesday dismantled huge loudspeakers used to blare anti-Pyongyang broadcasts and K-pop songs from its border with North Korea, as the South’s president asked the United Nations to observe the North’s planned closing of its nuclear testing site. The dismantling of dozens of South Korean loudspeakers was in line with reconciliation steps the leaders of the rival Koreas set at their historic summit last Friday. It was still unclear if such measures could bring permanent peace because no major breakthrough in the North Korean nuclear standoff was produced after the Korean summit. South Korean soldiers disassembled loudspeakers at multiple front-line areas before pulling them away from the border, according to Seoul’s Defence Ministry. South Korean media reported that Seoul detected signs that North Korea was taking similar steps on Tuesday.

Source: Pakistan Today May 01, 2018 08:37 UTC