SEOUL — South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, on Wednesday ordered the military to cease loudspeaker broadcasts of music and propaganda messages into North Korea in a possible indication of cooling cross-border tensions under Seoul’s new administration.
Lee’s spokesperson, Kang Yu-jung, said in a televised briefing that the move was made to “restore inter-Korean trust and for peace on the Korean peninsula.” The loudspeaker broadcasts had been on for the past year, after being resumed under ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol.
