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S. Korea Begins Dismantling Anti-N. Korea Loudspeakers Along Border

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military on Monday started removing loudspeakers for propaganda broadcasts toward North Korea installed along the heavily fortified border, the defense ministry said, in Seoul’s latest efforts to reduce inter-Korean tensions. The move comes less than two months after President Lee Jae Myung ordered the suspension of [...]

S. Korea to Expedite Nationwide Demining Project

SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry pledged Wednesday to mobilize greater levels of personnel and equipment to complete the removal of landmines across the country by 2021, three years ahead of schedule, to ensure public safety. The military buried about 53,000 M14 antipersonnel mines around 37 military bases across the country between [...]