Earlier in the day, the cabinet endorsed the suspension of a broader military accord in response to the North's garbage-carrying balloon campaign and jamming of GPS signals in recent days, Yonhap news agency reported.
The resolution will be sent to President Yoon Suk Yeol for signing, and the suspension would allow South Korea to resume large-scale military training near the border and to resume loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts to the North.
Lee Sung-jun, spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said various measures could be taken after the suspension, noting that the military has operated both fixed and mobile loudspeakers on the front lines.
"Fixed loudspeakers need to be connected to power, and it can take hours to a few days to set them up," Li said at a regular briefing. “Mobile loudspeaker operations can be operated immediately.,
Loudspeakers blasted the Kim Jong-un regime's human rights abuses, news reports and K-pop songs, drawing angry reactions from Pyongyang.
A government source said there appeared to be no plans to immediately install fixed devices as such activities could increase military tensions, noting that if such transmissions resumed the military would likely install mobile devices first. Will operate.
Meanwhile, Lee declined to elaborate on steps the military would take following the suspension of the agreement, but said they would depend on North Korea's actions.
"There are things we can do immediately, and we can make them public, and many of those things can be seen as largely dependent on North Korea," he said.
The 2018 deal included setting up a buffer zone around the border to suspend large-scale military exercises, as well as a ban on "hostile" acts between the two Koreas, which prohibited loudspeaker broadcasts.
The resolution will be sent to President Yoon Suk Yeol for signing, and the suspension would allow South Korea to resume large-scale military training near the border and to resume loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts to the North.
Lee Sung-jun, spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said various measures could be taken after the suspension, noting that the military has operated both fixed and mobile loudspeakers on the front lines.
"Fixed loudspeakers need to be connected to power, and it can take hours to a few days to set them up," Li said at a regular briefing. “Mobile loudspeaker operations can be operated immediately.,
Loudspeakers blasted the Kim Jong-un regime's human rights abuses, news reports and K-pop songs, drawing angry reactions from Pyongyang.
A government source said there appeared to be no plans to immediately install fixed devices as such activities could increase military tensions, noting that if such transmissions resumed the military would likely install mobile devices first. Will operate.
Meanwhile, Lee declined to elaborate on steps the military would take following the suspension of the agreement, but said they would depend on North Korea's actions.
"There are things we can do immediately, and we can make them public, and many of those things can be seen as largely dependent on North Korea," he said.
The 2018 deal included setting up a buffer zone around the border to suspend large-scale military exercises, as well as a ban on "hostile" acts between the two Koreas, which prohibited loudspeaker broadcasts.
