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South Korea: Seoul resumes loudspeaker broadcasts of propaganda
by Our Foreign Desk
SEOUL restarted propaganda broadcasts across the heavily fortified border with North Korea yesterday for the first time in 11 years, blaming Pyongyang for allegedly planting landmines last week that maimed two soldiers.
The renewed loudspeaker broadcasts are certain to heighten already serious tensions between the Koreas and infuriate the North.
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