No will to improve ties, Kim's sister

The powerful sister of North Korea's leader yesterday denied reports by the South Korean military that Pyongyang has started removing loudspeakers used in tit-for-tat propaganda wars along their border.

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Seoul –

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung has vowed to reach out to the nuclear-armed North and pursue dialogue since his election in June – a reversal from his hawkish predecessor.

The South's military said in the same month that the two countries had halted propaganda broadcasts along the demilitarized zone, adding last week that it had detected North Korean troops dismantling loudspeakers on the frontier.

But North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, yesterday denied the reports, saying Pyongyang had no interest in improving relations with Seoul.