If the history of North/South Korean loudspeaker aggression is any indication, we’re looking at a high risk of bullets flying over the border soon. First comes the noise, then comes the artillery fire.
North Korea is doubling down on its loudspeaker psy-ops along the inter-Korean border in retaliation for South Korea’s amplified K-pop music and shade-throwing at Kim Jung Un.
South Korea’s loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at North Korea push the rivals to the “brink of war,” a top North Korean official has told a propaganda rally, in the isolated country’s first official response to the sonic barrage across its border.
North Korea’s fourth nuclear test on Wednesday angered both the United States and China, which was not given prior notice, although the U.S. government and weapons experts doubt the North’s claim that the device it set off was a hydrogen bomb.
In retaliation for the test, South Korea on Friday unleashed a ear-splitting propaganda barrage. The last time South Korea deployed the loudspeakers, in August 2015, it triggered an exchange of artillery fire.
“Jealous of the successful test of our first H-bomb, the U.S. and its followers are driving the situation to the brink of war, by saying they have resumed psychological broadcasts and brought in strategic bombers,” said North Korea’s Kim Ki Nam, who is head of the ruling Workers’ Party propaganda department.
State media on Friday published this sick burn of an official insult along with photos of a rally on Friday which suggested that thousands of people gathered in central Pyongyang, holding signs honoring leader Kim Jong Un. His birthday was also on Friday.
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More: Yonhap News, Korea Times