South Korea launches psychological warfare

South Korea has unleashed a barrage of high-decibel propaganda via loudspeakers along the border with the North in retaliation for its nuclear test

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CHINA

NORTH KOREA

P’yongyang

Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Seoul

SOUTH KOREA

Yellow Sea (West Sea)

100km 60 miles

EFFECTIVE HEARING RANGE

24km at night

10km during day

North Korea guard post

40 banks of loudspeakers located at 11 secret sites along border

Military Demarcation Line (MDL)

10m

Battery of as many as 80 loudspeakers could stand up to 10 metres tall

PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS

Messages critical of Kim Jong-un regime

International news, commercials for consumer goods, and “K-pop” music

Considered an insult by North which has in past threatened military strikes to stop them

Source: The Korean Times

Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images