North Korea considers restarting border loudspeaker broadcasts

North Korea is considering restarting propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploying additional tactical strike assets near its border with South Korea, leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong said.

She accused South Korean troops of firing warning shots and broadcasting warnings at North Korean soldiers doing border work. She claimed there were 201 instances of warning fire and 2870 loudspeaker warnings between August 1 and October 17. Kim denied that North Korean troops had crossed the border.

Her statement came amid a dispute over a September 21 mine blast in the Demilitarized Zone that injured three South Korean soldiers. A joint investigation by Seoul and the United Nations Command attributed the explosion to North Korean mines on the southern side of the border. Pyongyang denied responsibility.

South Korea resumed propaganda broadcasts in 2024 after a six-year hiatus in response to North Korea sending balloons carrying rubbish. The North responded with sound broadcasts along the border.

Both sides subsequently stopped their broadcasts, Associated Press reported. Kim's latest statement concerns consideration of restarting them.