Edit: I need to amend this, as this turned out to be a false story perpetuated by the RoK to spread the idea that their little gestures of goodwill are the impetus for peaceful relations.I don't want to post the article I found it in, since of course it's illegal for any western outlet to not point out how evil and authoritarian the #
DPRK is even when it's doing something objectively good, but I'll summarize it here:
The DPRK has dismantled at least a good portion of its loudspeakers along the DMZ. These loudspeakers were installed in response to the RoK's own loudspeakers blaring K-pop and propaganda over the border; the DPRK's loudspeakers more commonly just made loud, annoying noises in return (dogs howling, banging gongs, etc.) This dismantling is in response to the RoK ceasing its own broadcasts. Broadcasts have mutually ceased in the past, but this is the first time, as far as I know, we've actually seen dismantling of equipment on either side.
Good news for people following the ups and downs of this inter-Korea conflict. Personally, I imagine part of this has to do with the new, more progressive presidency in the RoK after Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, the United States's economic shifting of the globe to create a stronger eastern bloc, and strengthening of the DPRK's own international ties with Russia and China.
