Key facts
- Propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea to resume this month.
- Kim Yo-jong described the broadcasts as a 'just measure' and 'appropriate response'.
- North Korea began fortifying the inter-Korean border in April 2024.
- Three South Korean soldiers were injured last month by land mine explosions in the DMZ.
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, announced Wednesday that Pyongyang will resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea later this month, according to state media. Kim, a department director at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, described the move as the 'most just measure' and an 'appropriate response.' She stated that tactical hunting teams are taking new positions and that the loudspeakers will be operational along the whole border within October. Kim inspected key border fortification sites earlier in the day with Pak Jong-chon, an adviser to the North's Ministry of National Defense. North Korea began fortifying the inter-Korean border in April 2024, reinforcing fences, planting mines, and erecting anti-tank barriers. Tensions have heightened following land mine explosions in the Demilitarized Zone last month that injured three South Korean soldiers, which South Korea attributed to North Korea.