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South Korea to Remove Loudspeakers at Border

posted by janrinok on Monday April 30 2018, @07:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-all-gone-quiet dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"Seoul's Defense Ministry said Monday it will pull back dozens of its frontline loudspeakers on Tuesday.

It says Seoul expects Pyongyang to do the same.

South Korea had turned off its loudspeakers ahead of Friday's summit talks, and North Korea responded by halting its own broadcasts." foxnews.com/world/2018/04/30/latest-s-korea-to-remove-loudspeakers-at-border.html

Seoul had blasted propaganda messages and K-pop songs from border loudspeakers since the North's fourth nuclear test in early 2016. The North quickly matched the South's action with its own border broadcasts.

"South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that President Trump deserves to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in talks to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and end the decades-long war between the North and South.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by quacking duck on Monday April 30 2018, @08:27PM (2 children)

    by quacking duck (1395) on Monday April 30 2018, @08:27PM (#673905)

    To be honest, I don't mind Trump getting second-hand credit for the current peace initiatives.

    Obviously not for any actual effort to pursue peace, but because he was so batshit crazy in his rhetoric and childish name calling that the USA had a leader that actually looked less competent and sane compared to North Korea's leader, allowing them to save face as they went to the negotiations.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday April 30 2018, @08:36PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday April 30 2018, @08:36PM (#673911)

    If we get a re-unified and democratic Korea, we can let him bullshit about his contribution.
    I'm not holding my breath.

    On the other hand, let's not forget that 4 people got Peace prizes for "not being W". So it would take Korean unification, Iran normalization and the end of Israel apartheid to get them to even stop laughing at the idea that Trump deserves anything.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday April 30 2018, @10:29PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 30 2018, @10:29PM (#673950) Journal

      If we get a re-unified and democratic Korea

      Not gonna happen in your lifetime.
      It is more probable to have a re-unified Korea as a Chinese 'protectorate' than a democratic Korea. At the speed China builds 'outpost islands' in South China Sea, US may need to let it happen.

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