Eerie broadcasts from North die down

Day after Seoul's loudspeakers stop

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North Korea appears to have stopped broadcasting strange and unsettling noises along the border, Seoul’s military said yesterday, a day after South Korea stopped blaring its own loudspeaker propaganda northwards.

The North has been broadcasting a horror movie-esque soundtrack into border areas since last year, as part of an escalating propaganda war between the arch foes.

But South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung, who took office last week after his predecessor was impeached over an abortive martial law declaration, ordered the military to stop blasting K-pop and news reports into the North in a bid to "restore trust".

"Today, there was no region where North Korea's noise broadcasts to the South were heard," Seoul's military said in a statement yesterday.

"The military is closely monitoring related trends in North Korea."