South Korea's President Lee Jae- myung ordered the discontinuation of the loudspeakers to "promote peace on the Korean Peninsula." In return, Pyongyang appears to have stopped its loudspeakers near the border.

South Korea suspended its propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts across the border to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, in a bid to reduce tensions with Pyongyang under the administration of newly elect

South Korean soldiers work on a loudspeaker that is set up for propaganda broadcasts during a military drill near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, in this handout picture provided by the Defense Ministry and released on June 9,