North Korea denies border loudspeakers being removed
Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister insisted Pyongyang ‘never removed loudspeakers’ and has no interest in reviving long-stalled negotiations
While saying that North Korea was removing some of its speakers, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff did not disclose the sites where it spotted such activity and said it was not immediately clear whether the North would take all of them down.
The military’s spokesman Lee Sung-jun said he believed caution was needed when interpreting statements made by North Korea to avoid being misled and that Pyongyang had often made “claims that are untrue”. He declined to elaborate.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said in a statement that Seoul will continue to pursue “sustained steps” to improve relations but acknowledged that the process will require patience.