South Korea mutes its propaganda speakers ahead of historic summit with the North
Seoul/Washington — South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea on Monday ahead of their first summit in a decade, as US President Donald Trump cautioned the nuclear crisis on the peninsula was a long way from being resolved. North and South Korea are in the final stages of preparations for a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border truce village of Panmunjom on Friday. "We hope this decision will lead both Koreas to stop mutual criticism and propaganda against each other and also contribute in creating peace and a new beginning," the South Korean defence ministry said about the decision to halt the broadcasts. The South’s propaganda broadcasts were stopped at midnight, the defence ministry said, without specifying whether they would resume after the Kim-Moon summit. It is the first time in more than two years the South Korean broadcasts, which include a mixture of news, South Korea...
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