North Korean loudspeakers on the border have continued to blare intense noise toward its southern neighbor. The latest incident occurred on the anniversary of the founding of Pyongyang’s ruling party.
An NHK crew in Paju, a South Korean city near the Demilitarized Zone, filmed activity in North Hwanghae Province across the border on Thursday.
The video shows what appears to be loudspeaker equipment measuring several meters tall facing the South. Loud noises that sounded like a fighter jet flying overhead continued to blare out for more than an hour.
The broadcast is another sign of Pyongyang’s confrontational posture toward Seoul.
The filming took place after the North Korean military said on Wednesday that it would “permanently” cut road and railway links to South Korea and fortify defensive structures on its side of the border.
The NHK video did not show any such work, but it did capture an increased number of wire fences compared to footage shot from the same area in June.
North Korea on Thursday commemorated 79 years since the establishment of the ruling Workers’ Party. An editorial in the party’s newspaper urged people to renew their allegiance to leader Kim Jong Un.