North Korea has dismantled some loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border in what appears to be a reciprocal move to South Korea’s recent removal of its own devices, a gesture seen as an effort to manage tensions ahead of the Aug.

South Korea's military said on Saturday it had detected North Korean military dismantling some propaganda loudspeakers aimed at the South in parts of the border area, following similar moves by the South.

North Korean troops have started removing propaganda loudspeakers used to blare unsettling noises along the border, South Korea's military said Saturday, days after Seoul's new administration dismantled ones on its side of the frontier.