South Korea turns off propaganda loudspeakers to North Korea

It comes a week after the country elected a new president, who vowed to improve Korean relations.

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The move comes a week after the country elected its new president Lee Jae-myung, who had campaigned on improving inter-Korean ties.

Pyongyang considers the loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts an act of war and has threatened to blow them up in the past.

They were paused for six years but resumed in June last year in response to Pyongyang's campaign of sending rubbish-filled balloons across the border to the South.

In recent years, the broadcasts have included news from both Koreas and abroad as well as information on democracy and life in the South.