SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeakers from the border with North Korea this week, officials said Monday, as the rivals move to follow through with their leaders’ summit declaration that produced reconciliation steps without a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff. ADVERTISEMENTSouth Korea had already turned off its loudspeakers ahead of Friday’s summit talks, and North Korea responded by halting its own broadcasts. Some experts say Kim may announce scraping North Korea’s long-range missile program, which has posed a direct threat to the United States. This is — the North Korean propaganda playbook is an infinitely rich resource. Also on Monday, the North’s parliament adopted a decree to sync its time zone with South Korea’s this Saturday.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 30, 2018 11:03 UTC