The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned of "new counteraction" against South Korea, if it continues with loudspeaker broadcasts directed at the North, with Seoul saying on Monday (June 10) it has detected the North installing speakers of their own. - REUTERS
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00:00 The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned of a new response against the South
00:06 if it continues loudspeaker broadcasts and leaflet scattering over the shared border.
00:12 In a statement carried by Pyongyang's state news agency on Sunday, Kim Yo-jong said that
00:17 the South -- quote -- "will undoubtedly witness a new counteraction of the Democratic People's
00:21 Republic of Korea using the North's official name."
00:25 The South's military said on Sunday it had switched the loudspeakers directed at the
00:30 North back on, releasing footage of soldiers being trained to use them.
00:35 It was a follow-through after Pyongyang ignored its warnings about sending more balloons carrying
00:40 trash towards the South the day before.
00:43 Kim said of the South's fresh broadcasts -- quote -- "this is a prelude to a very dangerous
00:48 situation."
00:50 On Monday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it had detected signs that the North
00:56 was installing its own loudspeakers.
00:59 It added the South was not planning to operate its speakers that day, believed to be covered
01:03 by the green wall seen in this video at the inter-Korean border.
01:08 The South had not broadcast over the speakers since 2018, under a deal signed by the two
01:13 Korea's leaders.
01:16 The broadcasts usually include world news, information about democracy and a mix of K-pop
01:22 music, and the sound is believed to travel a little over 12 miles into the North.
01:28 As tensions grow on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul officials said South Korea and the United
01:33 States were holding talks on Monday in the South's capital on better coordinating an
01:39 allied nuclear response should a war break out with Pyongyang.
01:44 Meanwhile, Russian media are reporting plans by President Vladimir Putin to visit North
01:49 Korea in the coming weeks.
01:51 The Kremlin has stepped up ties with Pyongyang and other countries hostile to the U.S. since
01:57 the start of the Ukraine war.
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