Скачать или смотреть South Korea military says it's stepping up anti-Pyongyang broadcasts in response to trash balloons

(22 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seoul, South Korea - 22 July 2024
1. Wide of defence ministry briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sung Joon, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson:
"North Korea launched additional balloons yesterday. And in response, the military is broadcasting propaganda on all fronts. We cannot give you specific details on what or where it is being broadcast. We are monitoring the North Korean military and there is nothing more to explain at the moment."
3. Wide of briefing
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sung Joon, Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson:
"We think (the broadcasts) will have effects such as internal disturbance, defection and weakening their discipline."
5. Wide of briefing
STORYLINE:
South Korean military said it was boosting anti-Pyongyang propaganda "on all fronts" in response to North Korea flying trash balloons into South Korea.

The announcement was first made on Sunday after the military detected North Korean trash balloons being launched into South Korea in the morning.

The decision was emphasized once again during Monday morning's briefing.

"We think (the broadcasts) will have effects such as internal disturbance, defection and weakening their discipline," said Lee Sung Joon, South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson.

The latest South Korean broadcasts included K-pop songs and news on BTS member Jin’s torch-bearing ahead of the Paris Olympics and the recent defection of a senior North Korean diplomat.

The broadcasts also called the mine-planting works by North Korean soldiers at the border “hellish, slave-like lives,” according to South Korean media.

Experts say South Korean propaganda broadcasts can demoralize frontline North Korean troops and residents, posing a blow to the North's efforts to limit access to outside news for its 26 million people.

South Korean officials have previously said broadcasts from their loudspeakers can travel about 10 kilometers (six miles) during the day and 24 kilometers (15 miles) at night.

AP video shot by Yong Jun Chang

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