South Korea has resumed using loudspeakers to broadcast messages aimed at North Korea since June 9, 2024, following a ban in 2018. However, the effectiveness of these loudspeakers has been questioned due to concerns over their volume levels, with criticisms that they are not loud enough. Despite facing audits and legal challenges, experts are examining the impact of these broadcasts on North Korea, including insights from a North Korean defector who still tries to send messages to his homeland.
🚨 SOUTH KOREA'S "LOUDSPEAKERS" ARE TOO QUIET... NORTH KOREA PLAYS OVER THEM South Korea's loudspeakers, the military equivalent of a middle school PA system, are struggling to be heard over North Korea's noise. South Korea's "loudspeakers" aimed at North Korea are being mocked… https://t.co/hkEYDDxH1T
As South Korea resumes the use of loudspeakers to wage psychological warfare against the North, experts examine their effectiveness, with one North Korean defector explaining to Reuters why he still tries to broadcast messages to his homeland https://t.co/zSmxBeKmE3 https://t.co/2WqSLee2ki
South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at the North on June 9 for the first time since a now-defunct inter-Korean deal banned them in 2018. But these speakers have faced audits and legal battles over claims that they're actually too quiet https://t.co/zSmxBeKmE3 https://t.co/NyobJWWIv7
South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea on June 9 for the first time since 2018, but their reach have come into question amid criticisms that they're not loud enough. https://t.co/sl0y7pdjqs
South Korea's loudspeakers face questions over reach into North https://t.co/EkNYbrk4tj https://t.co/21ral0NbgE