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We start tonight with the renewed inter-Korean tension sparked by North Korea's latest nuclear
test. Some 34 hours have now passed since South
Korea resumed its anti Kim Jong-un regime loudspeaker broadcasts at the border.
The North Korean military has not yet made any unusual moves,... aside from switching
on its own speakers. Connie Kim reports.
South Korea's loudspeaker broadcasts are continuing to blare out at eleven different places along
the inter-Korean border. Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday that
it's not detecting any unusual moves from the North Korean military,... and does not
expect Pyongyang to launch any abrupt provocations at this point.
"The North Korean military is currently maintaining its increased surveillance and alert level."
On its side,... the South Korean military remains on its highest alert level.
Soon after Seoul flipped the switch on its loudspeakers, Pyongyang did the same, hoping
the move will prevent North Koreans along the border hearing the broadcasts.
These loudspeaker broadcasts have always been a sensitive issue for the North Korean leadership.
The huge speakers blast out South Korean pop music, news and weather reports from the South
and messages highly critical of Kim Jong-un and the elite in Pyongyang.
North Korea declared a quasi-state of war last summer when the South turned on its loudspeakers
following North Korea's landmine attack at the DMZ that seriously injured two South Korean
soldiers. While there has been no official statement
from the North yet, Kim Ki-nam, the Secretary of the ruling Workers' Party has slammed the
broadcasts, saying the U.S. and its allies were taking the situation to the brink of
war. Connie Kim, Arirang News.